I hope everyone had a great holiday break. We got a ton of snow and have been a little stir crazy. It is freezing outside and I am ready for a break in the weather. Somehow, something with the word tropical in the title, is really appealing to me right now. I can just start to dream about warm weather. I really should live somewhere that is warm and balmy all year round. I just can't take this cold stuff anymore! Oh, well. I can dream, right?
I received some dried kiwi in the mail a couple of weeks ago from Oh! Nuts and I have been wanting to use it in some kind of baked good. These muffins were the perfect thing. I had ripe bananas and a ton of macadamia nuts, so I decided to mix these up and throw in about a cup of chopped, dried kiwi. The kiwi added a nice little surprise inside and these muffins disappeared quickly. Another batch is going to be made by demand!
Tropical Muffins with Coconut-Macadamia Topping from Cooking Light
Muffins:1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour (about 6 ounces)
1 cup regular oats
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2)
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1/2 cup canned crushed pineapple in juice, drained
1/3 cup flaked sweetened coconut
3 tablespoons finely chopped macadamia nuts, toasted
Cooking spray
Topping:
2 tablespoons flaked sweetened coconut
1 tablespoon finely chopped macadamia nuts
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon regular oats
1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. To prepare muffins, lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl. Make a well in center of flour mixture. Combine banana and next 5 ingredients (through egg) in a medium bowl; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Stir in pineapple, 1/3 cup coconut, and 3 tablespoons nuts. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray.
3. To prepare topping, combine 2 tablespoons coconut and the remaining ingredients in a small bowl.
4. Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of topping over each muffin. Bake at 400° for 18 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove muffins from pans immediately; place on a wire rack.
Coming Tomorrow- Tuesdays with Dorie- Cheesecake
Monday, December 29, 2008
Tropical Muffins with Coconut-Macadamia Topping
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9 comments:
These look delicious, Mary Ann -- I almost feel like I'm sunning myself on a hammock somewhere in the tropics (but not quite). Dried kiwi sounds really yummy! I hope that you all have a little thaw soon. My poor kids are begging for snow, and I don't have the heart to tell them that they it's just not happening. We got a quarter of an inch a few years ago, and it was adorable (yet kind of sad) to see all of the 'Bama kids outside building tabletop snowmen (there was not nearly enough snow for a real snowman) and trying to sled on dusted grass.
Cathy- I am laughing just thinking about the time in snowed a little in Athens and everyone was going crazy! Those were some sad looking snowmen with twigs and leaves sticking out all over the place. I guess I need to start counting my blessings!
You make the best looking muffins, Mary Ann. I love the dried kiwis... it adds some fun! I could use some warming up too with all the snow we've had.
I saw these in the magazine and have been wanting to make them!! They look awesome!
The topping looks fabulous! I love dried kiwi too!!
Ooh, I've made these muffins before and they are very delicious. I'm sure they are just as great with dried kiwi (which I've never tasted, but I can imagine. :P ).
So... seriously, I have no idea how you bake and cook and come up with these amazing things... Daily!
I'm in AWE.
Coconut and macademia nut? Sold!
these are awesome!
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