Coconut Peach Muffins

Submitted by Roosie

"A yummy tropical-tasting treat!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup canned peaches, diced (you can use fresh, if you like)
• 1⁄2 cup shredded coconut (plus a little extra to sprinkle on top)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400* F.
2. Grease or line muffin tins.
3. Heat water, butter and sugar in a saucepan until the sugar is dissolved.
4. Set aside.
5. Mix milk, vanilla extract, egg and peaches.
6. Set aside.
7. Mix flour, coconut and baking powder.
8. Make a well in the center of the mixture.
9. Pour peach mixture into the well of the flour mixture.
10. Mix lightly.
11. Pour in butter mixture.
12. Mix until just combined.
13. Fill greased or lined muffin tins 3/4 full.
14. Sprinkle top with coconut, if desired.
15. Bake 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
16. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Talicca]

I won't rate these seeing as I made so many changes to "healthy them up", but I found the combination of peaches and coconut to be lovely! I used non-fat vanilla yoghurt instead of the butter, whole-wheat flour instead of the white, and low-fat dessicated coconut. I also cut the sugar to 1/3 of a cup, used weight-watchers canned peaches and added some of the juice from the can to balance out the dryness of the whole-wheat flour. Even with all these changes, they were excellent (though some people would think they weren't sweet enough). The only problem I had was that they stuck really, really badly to the paper muffin liners. I also found they tasted much better the second day. Thanks Roosie!

 

[lets.eat]

Lovely tasting, delicately sweet and very moist. Thank You Roosie!

 

[Shirl J 831]

What a wonderful muffin. Not too sweet. I was worried at first I thought they were too "runny" but they turned out perfect. I also was overwhelmed by all the prep work, but it really was not that bad. I made one mistake I thought I had canned peaches and it was apricots I had but I followed the rest of the recipe and they turned out great !!!!

 

[wildolive]

We have a peach tree that produced so many peaches that I became desperate for recipes. This one is a keeper! Everyone loved them - they only lasted a day. I only had skim milk, which is not the best in baking, so I used 1/2 skim and 1/2 cream that I had on hand for coffee. Yummm! Oh - the recipe made 28 muffins. My tins are regular sized. But this is a good thing!

 

[Jamie Lynne]

I made these knowing that they were not going to be that sweet. So I expected it! I am very glad that I made these because I wasn't in the mood for sugary muffins! Great for breakfast! I loved the coconut top! Yum yum! Thanks!