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Banana Coconut Muffins

I found this recipe in last month's travel edition of Gourmet Magazine. It's acutally becoming a new favorite of mine. I used to pretty much stick to Bon Apetit. This is the first recipe I've tried and I sure picked a good one. I made banana cake a few days ago (recipe in yesterday's post), but I still had some bananas needing to be used, so I thought I'd try these banana coconut muffins. Banana and coconut is actually a really nice combination. I always order banana coconut smoothies when we go to Smoothie King. These muffins are sure to please.

You can find the recipe by clicking below.

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 very ripe bananas, mashed
1 stick butter (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted
2/3 cup sugar
1 large egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut

- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin cups with liners.

- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together bananas, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and 1/2 cup coconut in another bowl until combined well, then fold in flour mixture until flour is just moistened.

-Divide batter among lined muffin cups and sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup coconut. Bake until muffins are puffed and golden, about 25 mins. Transfer muffins to a rack and cool slightly.

Posted by Hannah at June 7, 2004 11:45 PM