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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

These delicious skinny coconut and vanilla muffins have a moist centre and make for a perfect healthy snack.
Course Home Baking
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12 Muffins
Calories 205kcal
Author Neil

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

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