Happy Mystery Dish Friday! Today I have some AMAZING muffins to share with you. They are seriously some of the coolest muffins I have ever made [and from this muffin addicted girl, that’s saying a lot]. But how can you not agree?! They have KIWI on top. So fun, so tropical, so green. Spring, please come soon!
This month for Mystery Dish, Kat from I Want Crazy was in charge. When our original founder, Dani, who has since left blogging due to family, was trying to organize the group, I suggested she ask Kat to join. I knew Kat from church [we were still living in Indiana then] and she had recently started blogging. She joined and the rest is history… errr, the rest being that this month she chose our fun ingredients [including the aforementioned kiwi] to be: boxed cake mix, Peeps, oats, ginger, honey, wine, shallots, coconut, shrimp, cherry tomatoes, kiwi, dried fruit, and cinnamon. Some of those ingredients I looove [COCONUT] and others I hate [Peeps. With a passion.] so the choice was pretty simple.
I pinned these Tropical Kiwi Fruit Muffins months and months ago, and now I finally had an excuse to make them. They are a tropical delight! Basically, you make a soft coconut muffin and top it with a slice of kiwi fruit and a smattering of coconut flakes. The coconut on top gets all golden and toasty, though in an ideal world I’d like it to be toastier [but didn’t want to toughen up the muffins]. I added a touch of ginger to the muffin batter, both to satisfy Kat’s request for us to use three ingredients AND because I just thought it sounded wonderful. And they turned out wonderful, if I do say so myself. Lime, ginger, and coconut go so well together in these fun muffins, and the kiwi is the cherry on top. 🙂 A bit o’ color and flavor if you will. These muffins were perfect for a rainy/snowy week. Hope you enjoy, and that you check out some of the other recipes this month for Mystery Dish!
one year ago: Sweet & Sour Chicken
two years ago: Turkey, Spinach, & Kale Stuffed Shells
three years ago: Baked Potato Skins
Tropical Kiwi Fruit Muffins [slightly adapted from Clever Muffin]
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Ingredients:
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- zest of one large lime
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- scant 1/2 cup coconut oil [90 grams]
- 1 cup buttermilk [quick shortcut=1 tablespoon vinegar + enough milk to make 1 cup; let sit for about 5 minutes to thicken]
- 1 egg
- 3 kiwi fruit, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons shredded coconut
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare muffin tin with paper liners or coat with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, shredded coconut, lime zest, and ground ginger. Make a well in the center.
In a separate bowl, whisk together coconut oil, buttermilk, and egg. Pour into the well then stir until just combined.
Spoon into prepared muffin tin, then top with a slice of kiwi and some shredded coconut.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Eat or freeze within three days.
Time: 30 minutes.
Yield: 12-16 muffins.
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