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Tropical Muffins Recipe


Tropical Muffins Recipe
These sweet and tropical muffins are guilt free, so they sit perfect aside a nice cold margarita. They are free of eggs, dairy, and very low in sugar.

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Ingredients
  • 1/2 c apple or pear juice
  • 1/2 c dried pineapple, chopped very fine (or crushed can pineapple)
  • 1 small to medium mango, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp lime juice
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 overripe banana
  • 3/4 c wheat flour
  • 1/3 c millet flour (or any other flour you have)
  • 1 tbsp wheat germ
  • 1 tbsp flax seed
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1/4 coconut milk
  • 1/4 c shredded coconut
  • 1/3 c chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions
  1. Put apple juice and dried pineapple in a medium pan and cook over medium heat about five minutes. Then add chopped mango, ginger, cinnamon, and lime juice and cook about 5 more minutes, until fruit is soft. Turn off pan, stir in brown sugar, and let sit for 5 minutes.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, mash banana. Add the cooked fruit to the banana and blend with a hand mixer. In a small bowl, whisk together the flax seed and the water and then add to the fruit mixture. Add the oil, coconut milk, and shredded coconut, then blend again for a couple seconds. Mix in the dry ingredients, then nuts if using. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes, or until knife inserted comes out clean.

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Comments


Sounds delicious AND healthy - great combo...thanks for the interesting post.


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