Simple Pina Colada Muffins

Bring a tropical twist to your banana muffins by adding pineapple, coconut, and a rum flavoring to make these pina colada muffins.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 239 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 bananas, mashed
• 1 tablespoon rum-flavored extract
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.75 cup white sugar
• 0.33333334326744 cup butter, melted
• 0.5 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
• 0.75 cup shredded unsweetened coconut, divided

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

Step 2

Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.