Pineapple Macadamia Muffins

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. sea salt
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup canola oil

  or use avocado oil
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 3 medium ripe bananas

  mashed with a fork
• 1 cup sweetened coconut
• 8 oz. can crushed pineapple

  drained
• 1 cup macadamia nuts

  coarsely chopped (measure after chopping)

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 425º.
• 2 Line two 12-tin regular muffin pans with muffin liners. (Line a six-tin muffin
  pan with two liners.)
• 3 Spray each liner well with cooking spray.
• 4 Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large
  mixing bowl.
• 5 Set aside.
• 6 In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, oil and vanilla extract and mix with a
  whisk.
• 7 Whisk in bananas, coconut and drained pineapple.
• 8 Add wet mixture to dry mixture and stir just until moistened.
• 9 Don't overmix the batter.
• 10 Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins almost to the top.
• 11 Sprinkle chopped macadamia nuts over top of each muffin.
• 12 Gently press the nuts into the top of the batter so they adhere.
• 13 Bake muffins at 425º for five minutes.
• 14 Reduce heat to 350º.
• 15 Bake an additional 15-19 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes
  out clean. 

Nutrition Info