Name: Coconut Pineapple Muffins Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup whole wheat flour; ½ cup granulated sugar; 1½ tsp baking powder; ½ tsp Baking Soda; ¼ tsp salt; 1¼ cups light coconut milk; 2 tbsp canola oil; 1 cup pineapple; ¼ cup coconut flakes; 1 large egg; Cooking spray; For Glaze:; ½ cup powdered sugar; 2 tsp light coconut milk; pineapple slices; shaved coconut

How To Make Coconut Pineapple Muffins

The tropical flavors of coconuts and pineapples shine bright in this recipe for coconut pineapple muffins. This is also a low fat and low sugar recipe.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 18 minutes

Total: 28 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1½cupsall-purpose flour
½cupwhole wheat flour
½cupgranulated sugar
1½tspbaking powder
½tspBaking Soda
¼tspsalt
1¼cupslight coconut milk
2tbspcanola oil
1cuppineapple,fresh or canned, coarsely chopped
¼cupcoconut flakes
1largeegg,lightly beaten
Cooking spray

For Glaze:

½cuppowdered sugar
2tsplight coconut milk
pineapple slices,optional
shaved coconut,optional, for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Combine both flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine coconut milk, oil and egg in a bowl; add to flour mixture. Stir just until moist. Gently fold in pineapple and coconut flakes. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups lined with paper wrappers.
Bake at 400 degrees F for 18 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove muffins from pan; cool on a wire rack. After the muffins have cooled, combine powdered sugar and coconut milk in a bowl.
Drizzle the glaze over the muffins. Garnish with pineapple slices and coconut shavings if desired.