Banana-coconut Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 1/3 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4 medium)
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 large egg

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f lightly oil 12 muffin cups or coat them with cooking spray.
• 2 in a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. stir in coconut. set aside.
• 3 in another bowl, whisk together bananas, buttermilk and vanilla. set aside.
• 4 in another bowl, use an electric mixer on high to beat butter until smooth, about 1 minute. add brown sugar and beat until fluffy, about 2 minutes longer. beat in egg.
• 5 with mixer on low, alternately beat in dry ingredients in three additions and banana mixture in two additions, beating until just combined each time.
• 6 fill each muffin cup about two-thirds full. bake for 25-30 minutes or until the tops of the muffins spring back when lightly pressed at the center, and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
• 7 transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool.