Pineapple Coconut Muffins
A great recipe from @sisterssansgluten (on Instagram) - amazing cakes and cupcakes on her instagram. This one is one of my favourites - and I love the use of sour cream as part of the muffin batter.
Ingredients:
For the muffins:
4 large eggs
250g white sugar
125g sour cream
185ml vegetable oil
1 Cup (272g) canned crushed pineapple in its juice
1 1/2 tsp coconut extract
2 tsp vanilla extract
290g gluten free flour
3/4 tsp Xanthan gum
37g cornflour in the UK
117g blanched packed almond flour
2 ¾ tsp baking powder
¾ tsp salt
yellow food colouring optional
For the glaze:
162g sifted icing sugar
1 tsp coconut extract
2 Tbsp juice from the canned pineapple
1 tsp melted salted butter
yellow food colouring optional
Pinch salt
Method:
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, white sugar, oil, sour cream, coconut and vanilla extracts until thicker and smooth. Add in the 1 cup of crushed pineapple (in it's juice - don't strain it!) and whisk to combine. Add in the gluten free flour, xanthan gum, cornflour, blanched almond flour, baking powder, and salt (and yellow food colouring if using) and stir until just combined (do not overmix). Then let the batter sit either on the counter for at least 30 minutes before baking.
Once the batter has rested preheat the oven to 200C (Fan). Bake for 5 minutes and then turn down the temperature to 160C (Fan) (without opening the oven door) and continue 20-25 minutes until the tops spring back with touched or a skewer inserted into the centre of the muffin comes out clean. Let cool nearly-completely before turning out.
While the muffins are cooling, stir together all of the glaze ingredients in a medium bowl, starting with the 1 tsp of melted butter, 1 tsp of coconut extract and 1 tbsp of pineapple juice from the can and adding the rest of it as needed, until fully combined and very smooth. Add the salt last, and taste to be sure it's the right amount – it should enhance the flavour but not taste salty.
Then use a spoon to pour the glaze over the muffins, and serve!