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    Home » Recipes » Home Baking » Home Baking Cakes and Biscuits

    Skinny Coconut and Vanilla Muffins

    Published: Mar 30, 2014 · Updated: Jun 1, 2020 by Neil No Comments

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    Skinny coconut and vanilla muffins. These are delicious healthier muffins! Made with Greek yogurt and no butter making them low fat and low calorie muffins! #neilshealthymeals #recipe #lowcaloriemuffin #lowfatmuffin #muffin

    Skinny coconut and vanilla muffins. These are delicious healthier muffins! Made with Greek yogurt and no butter making them low fat and low calorie muffins!

    Birds eye view of 9 glazed skinny coconut and vanilla muffins arranged on a black slate.

    At just 205 calories per skinny coconut and vanilla muffn you have no reason not to enjoy this tasty treat!

    Delicious and with a moist centre they make for a perfect healthy snack!

    And it all came about when I was wondering what to do with the whole coconut which I’d bought on Sunday of which I'd only used a few shavings from for our Sunday curry.

    Those of you who follow Neil's Healthy Meals will know that I hate to waste anything!

    So I thought I would try a quick and easy muffin recipe using some grated coconut and some vanilla.

    I was pleasantly surprised with the outcome, these amazingly moist skinny coconut and vanilla muffins.

    As were my colleagues at work who scoffed them!

    These skinny coconut and vanilla muffins are made with Greek yogurt and no butter helping to keep the calorie and fat count as low as possible. Delicious and with a moist centre they make for a perfect healthy snack!

    I love sharing my home baking recipes and it makes all the difference when you get validation like that.

    When you're work colleagues eat the lot!

    Sometimes actions talk louder than words eh?

    These skinny coconut and vanilla muffins are made with Greek yogurt and no butter helping to keep the calorie and fat count as low as possible. Delicious and with a moist centre they make for a perfect healthy snack!

    For These Skinny Coconut Vanilla Muffins You May Need….

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    Equipment

    • 12 hole muffin tin
    • Sieve
    • Measuring spoons
    • Kitchen scale
    • Measuring jug
    • Large mixing bowl
    • Pyrex mixing glass bowl
    • Whisk
    • Wooden spoon
    • Wooden skewers
    • Wire baking rack

    This is the 12 hole muffin tin I use. 

    As you can see it's relatively inexpensive and it's perfect for all kinds of muffin recipes.

    It's made with heavy gauge carbon steel for long lasting performance and comes with a 25 year guarantee!

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    Skinny coconut and vanilla muffins. These are delicious healthier muffins! Made with Greek yogurt and no butter making them low fat and low calorie muffins! Click to Tweet

    Skinny Coconut and Vanilla Muffins Recipe

    As a suggestion to make a bit of difference to the icing sugar topping, you could add a little vanilla extract in the topping if you wanted more vanilla flavour.

    I like the really light fluffy texture and taste of the topping complimenting it, as is, but Lynne liked it with slightly more vanilla.

    Each to their own though eh?

    I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

    These skinny coconut and vanilla muffins are made with Greek yogurt and no butter helping to keep the calorie and fat count as low as possible. Delicious and with a moist centre they make for a perfect healthy snack!
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    Skinny Coconut and Vanilla Muffins Recipe

    These delicious skinny coconut and vanilla muffins have a moist centre and make for a perfect healthy snack.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time20 mins
    Total Time30 mins
    Course: Home Baking
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 12 Muffins
    Calories: 205kcal
    Author: Neil

    The following links and any links in the recipe card below are affiliate links.

    This means that if you click on it and then buy that product I’ll get a small commission (at no extra cost to you of course).

    If you do click through then thanks for being a part of Neil’s Healthy Meals!

    Equipment

    • 12 hole muffin tin
    • Sieve
    • Measuring spoons
    • Kitchen scale
    • Measuring jug
    • Large mixing bowl
    • Pyrex mixing glass bowl
    • Whisk
    • Wooden spoon
    • Wire baking rack

    Ingredients

    Skinny Muffins

    • 200 g self-raising flour
    • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
    • 75 g caster sugar.
    • 100 g shredded / grated coconut / dessicated
    • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    • 150 ml no-fat Greek yogurt
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 tablespoon skimmed milk
    • 50 ml sunflower oil

    Icing Sugar Topping

    • 100 g icing sugar
    • 4 teaspoon water
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 180C and line a 12 hole muffin / fairy cake tin with paper cases.
    • In a large mixing bowl sift flour and bicarbonate of soda. Add in sugar, coconut, vanilla extract and yogurt and mix all together.
    • In a smaller mixing bowl whisk together eggs, milk and oil.
    • Gradually fold the small mixing bowl’s ingredients into the flour in the large mixing bowl.
    • Spoon the mixture between the 12 paper cases.
    • Bake for 15 – 20 minutes in the centre of an oven until risen and brown. Check the centre of one with a wooden skewer to ensure it comes out clean.
    • Transfer and cool on a wire rack.
    • Once cooled drizzle with icing sugar topping and leave for the icing to set.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 205kcal | Carbohydrates: 29.2g | Protein: 4.1g | Fat: 8.3g | Cholesterol: 28.7mg | Sodium: 125.8mg | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 0.8mg

    Nutrition Facts
    Skinny Coconut and Vanilla Muffins
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 205 Calories from Fat 75
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 8.3g13%
    Cholesterol 28.7mg10%
    Sodium 125.8mg5%
    Carbohydrates 29.2g10%
    Protein 4.1g8%
    Vitamin A 100IU2%
    Vitamin C 0.8mg1%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Skinny coconut and vanilla muffins. These are delicious healthier muffins! Made with Greek yogurt and no butter making them low fat and low calorie muffins! #neilshealthymeals #recipe #lowcaloriemuffin #lowfatmuffin #muffin

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