Pineapple Coconut Muffins Recipes

MAKE-AHEAD COCONUT-PINEAPPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Set aside.
• Cream sugar and butter in a second bowl with an electric mixer. Add Greek yogurt, egg, and coconut extract; beat until well combined. Add in flour mixture and mix until just combined. Fold in pineapple, coconut, and pecans. Cover and refrigerate batter for 8 to 12 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line with paper liners.
• Fill each liner with batter using an ice cream scoop.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a wire rack. Cool completely before glazing.
• Combine brown sugar and pineapple juice for glaze in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave until sugar has melted, 20 to 25 seconds. Dip each muffin into the glaze.

SIMPLE PINA COLADA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Stir bananas, sugar, butter, egg, rum-flavored extract, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Fold flour mixture into banana mixture 1 cup at a time. Add pineapple chunks and 1/2 cup coconut; fold gently into batter. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups and top each with about 1 teaspoon shredded coconut.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing to a wire rack.

PINA COLADA MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a muffin pan, or use paper liners.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, margarine, egg, sour cream and rum extract. Beat together until smooth. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Blend into egg mixture. Stir in pineapple and coconut. Divide batter into 12 muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the tops spring back when lightly tapped.

PINEAPPLE - COCONUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F, line 2 muffin pans with paper cups.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy; add eggs and vanilla, and beat well.
• Combine salt, baking powder, coconut, and flour.
• Drain and chop pineapple, reserving juice (about 7 ounces).
• Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with the reserved juice.
• Fold in pineapple, and fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Note: Sprinkle sugar on top of muffins for crunchy muffin tops.