Mango Muffins

Total Time: 39 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 24 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups mangoes (or 1 cup fresh mango and 1 banana)
• 1 large egg
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4-1/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut, as desired

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit & grease the muffin tins or use paper or foil liners.
• 2 mash the mango pieces into a soft pulp; if using banana, cut into pieces, mash, and stir in with the mango.
• 3 in a small bowl, use a fork or wire whisk to mix the egg with the vegetable oil and the buttermilk until well blended.
• 4 in a large bowl, mix the baking powder, salt, sugar, and ground allspice with the flour.
• 5 add the egg, oil, and buttermilk mixture to the flour to form a lumpy batter; do not overmix.
• 6 stir in the vanilla extract, mashed fruit, and coconut if using then spoon the batter into muffin tins, until they are approximately 2/3 full.
• 7 bake for 22 - 24 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean; let cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.