Tropical Muffins

Name: Tropical Muffins
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1 dozen.
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, softened; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 large egg, room temperature; 1 cup sour cream; 1-1/2 teaspoons rum extract; 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained; 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut; 1/3 cup chopped pecans

I entered these muffins at our county fair and won the grand champion award for baked goods. They're so moist, they don't need butter. —Sylvia Osborn, Clay Center, Kansas

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Ingredients

1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1 cup sour cream
1-1/2 teaspoons rum extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Directions

In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, sour cream and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into the creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in the pineapple, coconut and pecans.
Fill 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 375° for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.
Freeze option: Freeze cooled muffins in an airtight container. To use, thaw at room temperature or, if desired, microwave each muffin on high for 20-30 seconds or until heated through.

Test Kitchen Tips

If you don't like the flavor of rum, skip the extract or substutute vanilla or coconut extract.

If you want to get the most bang for your buck, try toasting nuts before adding them to recipes where they're mixed into a batter.

Full-fat Greek yogurt can swap in for the sour cream if you want to lighten these muffins up.

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 225 calories, 11g fat (6g saturated fat), 41mg cholesterol, 249mg sodium, 26g carbohydrate (13g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.

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lstriler

Apr 4, 2020

This was good, not too sweet! ! Didn’t changed a thing. Will be making it again. Thank you!
carodeomom

Apr 2, 2020

Didn’t care for them
Gail

Mar 31, 2020

My granddaughter and I had high hopes for this recipe! It was an award winner after all. She very candidly said, “Well, the judge must have been desperate or everyone else’s entry was horrid !. Typically, TOH recipes are my go to. These muffins were bland! I used vanilla and amaretto but followed the rest of the recipe exactly. Yes, they were moist, but I don’t think I’d waste the calories, time or ingredients to make them again. We did try to salvage them with a glaze, but not even that helped much. After 25 minute minutes they were not brown but passed the toothpick test. In retrospect I would have cooked them til they were a bit browner.
Michaelanne

Mar 30, 2020

These were SO good!!! I can’t wait to share them with my coworkers tomorrow. Thanks for the amazing recipe!!!
SierraL

Mar 27, 2020

Moist, very nice crumb. Makes 12 regular sized muffins without having to 'stretch' to get that quantity. Not overly sweet. Very nice with a little butter. I made them just as the recipe stated, except subbed vanilla extract for the rum extract. I'll definitely make these again.
Jennifer

Mar 27, 2020

Easy, fluffy, moist, great flavor!
Rachel

Mar 27, 2020

Tropical muffins are the best! I make a version of these with a box of yellow cake making as directed but adding a teaspoon of rum and a teaspoon of coconut extract and then the nuts, coconut and pineapple as directed here.
Natasha

Mar 21, 2020

Moist
Earlyne

Mar 7, 2020

OMG! The BEST muffins I ever made. Seriously! The only change I made is using yogurt instead of sour cream ( really no difference) and coconut extract, only because I had no rum extract. Wouldn’t change anything else. Thanks for posting a very very delicious muffin. YUM!????
PatGilliland

Aug 12, 2019

lindaaiello, I think you could just leave out the coconut, but if you want to sub something, try oatmeal, or some dried fruit, cut small.