I took a simple banana muffin recipe and added pineapple, coconut, and rum flavors to make these delectable simple piña colada muffins inspired by a popular tropical island drink.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoons salt
- 3 bananas , mashed
- 0.75 cups white sugar
- 0.33 cups butter , melted
- 1 egg , beaten
- 1 tablespoon rum-flavored extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 0.5 cans pineapple chunks , 20 ounce
- 0.75 cups shredded unsweetened coconut , divided
Instructions
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1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
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Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
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Stir bananas, sugar, butter, egg, rum-flavored extract, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; fold in flour mixture, one cup at a time. Add pineapple chunks and 1/2 cup coconut; fold gently into batter. Pour batter into the prepared muffin cups; top each with about 1 teaspoon coconut.
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Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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