Pineapple Muffins with Coconut Streusel

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Now that your eyes have been filled with fun colors, how about filling your belly with fun flavors? With Chobani’s blended Greek yogurts I have so far showed you recipes using peach, blueberry, and vanilla chocolate chunk. Today is pineapple! Originally I wanted to make a pineapple upside-down cake, but decided to break up the sweets a little bit… so I made muffins! They were so moist that the streusel on top ended up being soft as well, but that was not a problem. In fact I kind of wish I had doubled the streusel recipe.

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PINEAPPLE MUFFINS WITH COCONUT STREUSEL

Makes 14 muffins

Ingredients:

STREUSEL

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)

1 Tbsp sugar

3 Tbsp sweetened flaked coconut, chopped

1 pinch salt

2 Tbsp butter

MUFFINS

12 oz. (1-1/2 cups) 2% Pineapple Chobani Greek yogurt

1 egg

1/2 cup canola oil

2/3 cup brown sugar

8 oz. can crushed pineapple

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.  Butter/grease muffin pans (or line with paper liners).
2. Combine 1/4 cup flour, the cinnamon, 1 tablespoon sugar, the coconut, and 1 pinch of salt in a small bowl. Cut in 2 tablespoons of butter until completely incorporated into the flour; set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine yogurt and egg.  Mix until combined.  Add the oil, brown sugar and pineapple to the bowl and mix until combined.  In a separate medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and baking soda.  Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until just incorporated.
4. Fill the prepared muffin cups with batter and sprinkle with the coconut streusel. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Transfer to a wire cooling rack and allow to cool completely.

Source: Streusel from Allrecipes. Muffins from Everday Annie.

Disclosure: I was sent six 16 oz. tubs of blended Chobani Greek yogurt. I was not compensated for this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own.