Healthier Fresh Apricot Coconut Muffins
Healthier Fresh Apricot Coconut Muffins are whole wheat apricot muffins studded with sweet, fresh apricot and plenty of coconut. They're light, fluffy and delicious!
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 289kcal
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups whole wheat white flour*
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar or your favorite sweetener
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted and slightly cooled (canola oil may be substituted)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon orange zest about half a medium orange
- 3/4 cups unsweetened almond milk or milk of your choice
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh chopped apricot chop into ¼" chunks (about 3-4 apricots)
- 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1/3 cup coconut flakes for topping (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk the sugar, eggs, oil and orange zest vigorously until frothy, about 1 minute. Add the milk and vanilla and whisk until well blended.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until almost combined, then gently fold in the apricot and shredded coconut.
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the muffin batter evenly between the (12) muffin cups and top with the coconut flakes, if using. Bake 15-18 minutes or until golden brown and the top of the muffins spring back when gently pressed or a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes, then remove the muffins from the pan and cool completely on the wire rack.
- Store unused muffins in an airtight container at room temperature. Enjoy!
Notes
- *If you don't have whole wheat white flour on hand, you can substitute with all purpose flour or a combination of 1 cup all purpose flour and 3/4 cup whole wheat flour.
- Your muffins will only be as good as your apricots! Make sure you use ripe, sweet apricots, which will result in a sweeter more flavorful muffin.
- If fresh apricots aren't in season use dried apricots instead!
Nutrition
Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 172mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 16g