Nutritious snack cookies with apple & cinnamon

Take advantage of our Swedish apples and try our nutritious snack cakes for young and old with apple and cinnamon! Perfect for baking together on an autumnal afternoon after preschool, where the children can get involved, make a mess, taste and discover.

The apple and flavoring can, of course, be replaced, and they are perfect to freeze so that a quick snack or breakfast is ready in no time! The cakes are baked on Unna's porridge and gruel powder and are therefore filling, nutritious and vitamin-enriched.

Recipe for Unna snack cakes with apple & cinnamon

Ingredients

(approx. 14 cakes)

• 2 organic Swedish apples
• 2 ripe organic bananas
• 2 organic eggs
• 2 tbsp organic butter or oil
• 1 tbsp almond butter or other nut butter (can be omitted)
• 2 dl Unna porridge and gruel powder (choose the variant that suits your child's age, the 6-month variant was used in this recipe)
• 1 tsp organic baking powder
• Flavoring. In the example, we used 1 pinch of salt (not for children under 1 year), 0.5 tsp cinnamon, 0.5 tsp cardamom and 1 pinch of real vanilla powder.

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 175°C.
• Peel, core and coarsely grate the apples
• Blend or mash the bananas and stir/blend together with the eggs and melted butter/oil and almond butter
• Fold in the dry ingredients and mix well
• Finally, fold in the grated apples
• Use an ice cream scoop or spoons and drop 12-16 cakes onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.
• Bake in the middle of the oven for 15-20 minutes. Check with a skewer to see if they are done (the skewer should be dry).

Frequently asked questions about snack cakes/porridge cakes

Can you freeze the cakes?
Yes! They keep well in the freezer and can easily be taken out when needed.

From what age can children eat porridge muffins?
The recipe is suitable from the age when the child can chew pieces. Adjust the flavoring (e.g. avoid honey, salt and sweeteners before 1 year).

Which Unna porridge suits the recipe best?
You can use the variant of Unna's porridge and gruel powder that matches your child's age – from 6 months or from 12 months.

Can you replace the flavorings?
Absolutely, you can replace them with other fruit/berries or omit them entirely. Spices can also be replaced or omitted if you prefer a completely natural flavor.