Thursday 30 October 2014

Coconut and Lime Glazed Banana Muffins

 Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins





One fruit that I am not overly fond of is bananas.  You will never see me peeling a banana and eating it like that.  They just don't appeal to me in that way.  


 If you slice them into a bowl and add lashings of warm custard, or  scatter slices of them over a bowl of crisp rice cereal. . .  they somehow become much more appealing to me. 




Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins





I cannot resist a nice thick slice of banana cream pie . . . and when they are really ripe, mashed and baked into cakes or muffins or squares . . . well, they are bliss, pure and utter bliss.





Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins






My father's family eats them mashed and stirred into whipped egg whites . . . I'm not sure what that is called, and I have never eaten it myself.  


I think it's a French Canadian thing . . . or maybe just a Villeneuve thing.  I don't know for sure.




 Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins





These Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins are one of my favorite Banana Muffins.  



You get a lovely moist banana muffin . . . dense and filled with awesome banana flavour, vanilla and just a hint of lemon . . .



Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins





The  muffin is then glazed while still warm with a tangy lime and coconut glaze icing.  Just like a nice little snowy cap of Caribbean goodness.




Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins





These are pretty hard to resist.  You can freeze them as well . . . without the topping.  


I expect that you could probably even freeze them with the glaze, but I never have so I couldn't say really for sure.




Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins





If you  want even more Caribbean flavor, substitute rum flavoring for the vanilla.  Or charge them up by adding some chopped toasted pecans or macadamia nuts.  


Now that sounds like a very moreish addition, don't you think??



 Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins




*Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins*
Makes 12
Printable Recipe

Moist and full of banana flavour these muffins on their own are pretty wonderful.  When you add this delicious coconut lime glaze though, they go from being simply wonderful to full on moorish . . . they're almost too dangerous to have around!

1 1/2 cups flour (210g)
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 large very ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup sugar (144g)
1 large egg, beaten
1/3 cup butter, melted (76g)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp lemon extract
GLAZE:
The juice of one lime
1/2 cup sifted icing sugar (65g)
2 TBS flaked unsweetened coconut




Coconut Lime Glazed Banana Muffins




Preheat the oven to 180*C/375*F/gas mark 4.  Grease a 12 cup muffin pan really well (or line with paper liners) and set aside.

Whisk the flour, soda, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.  Whisk together the bananas, sugar, egg, butter, vanilla and lemon extract.  Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and fold them together, mixing them together only until the dry ingredients are moistened.  



Spoon the batter into the muffin cups filling them about 3/4 full.  Bake for about 20 minutes or until they test done.  A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean.  


Remove the pan to a wire rack to cool for ten minutes before removing the muffins from the pan.  Place them back on the wire rack and spoon the glaze over them while still warm.

To make the glaze, stir all the glaze ingredients together until smooth.

7 comments

  1. They look and sound absolutely delicious..I appreciate a great muffin..more than a dessert.

    I have never heard of the mashed banana/egg white ..
    I can't imagine it ..
    I am not relishing the thought:)

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  2. These looks really good. I'm not very fond of banana's myself. Although, I love banana bread, or to put them in my cereal etc. We also put them in our fruit smoothies. Good way to get that Potassium in. I'm the same way though, you won't see me eager to peel a banana just to eat. Steve always tries to get me to do just that. ;-X
    xoxo

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  3. I know Monique, it sounds kinda gross doesn't it! But they loved it for some reason. Wierd! xxoo

    Yet another way in which we are twins Valerie! Not surprised! xxoo

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  4. Valerie H. - Bananas has 358 mg of potassium per 100 g, so it's not bad. Maybe you don't know, but also coconut has potassium, so whole recipe looks good.

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  5. That's great to know elyons! Thanks for sharing!

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