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Banana Coconut Muffins

Thunder Bay's casual dining restaurant combines wood with stone and lodge style trapping to give you a true northern dining experience. Take a bite out of the Great Outdoors and grab a bite to eat at Thunder Bay Grille.

2 C All Purpose Flour
½ C Shredded Coconut
1 T Baking Powder
½ tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
½ tsp Ground Nutmeg
½ tsp Salt
½ C (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temp
½ C Sugar
2 large Eggs
2 large ripe Bananas, mashed (1 C)
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 375degrees. Spray a standard muffin tin well with non stick spray. In a large bowl, combine the flour, coconut, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt.
In another bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and then the mashed banana and vanilla extract and beat. Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and stir with a large spatula just until moistened, do not overmix, batter will be lumpy!
Spoon the batter into each muffin cup until level with the tip of the pan. Bake in the center of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until the tops are brown and springy to the touch, and a pick comes out clean, being careful not to overbake. Let the muffins rest in the pan for 5 minutes before removing and cooling on a rack. These muffins are delicious with cream cheese frosting, sprinkled with some additional toasted coconut!

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