Mango and coconut muffins

Image from here

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups sifted self raising flour
• 1 1/4 cups desiccated coconut
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk (or normal milk if you never remember to buy buttermilk!!)
• 2 lightly beaten eggs
• 75g melted butter
• 1 roughly chopped mango

Method

• Preheat oven to 190 degrees
• Spray a 12 hole muffin tray with cooking spray
• In a bowl mix flour, coconut and sugar.  Make a well in the centre.
• In a separate bowl combine, buttermilk, eggs and butter.
• Use a large metal spoon or spatula to fold the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture.
• Add the mango and fold until just combined.
• Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
• Remove from oven and stand for several minutes before transferring muffins to a wire rack to cool.
• These muffins can be kept in an airtight container for up to three days.  I don't see why you couldn't freeze these??
• As an alternate to mango try fresh peach or apricot.  I have also used tinned fruit drained really well.

While on the hunt for our elusive camera I came across this recipe I had ripped out of the paper (4/2/09)!!  I used to make these regularly with a variety of fruits.  I love this recipe as it is all pantry staples, easy and tasty!!  

I will give these a whirl again over the weekend as I am looking for something new and sort of healthy for lunchboxes and baby snacks.  Also perfect timing as I put my name down for morning tea at playgroup and the letter for that week will be M.  Hello muffins and Mexican (corn chips and salsa!!).  These will be perfect to make plus I have a mini muffin tin somewhere so I will make a couple of different varieties of muffins.  Too easy!!

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