Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 4 oz sugar
• 2 oz butter
• 1 egg
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 2 small ripe bananas
• ½ cup sweetened coconut flakes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 oz walnuts chopped
• 1 oz raisins

 Method

• Preheat oven to 375°F.  Butter/grease about 10 muffin cups
• Mash the bananas with a fork
• Cream butter and sugar together.  Add egg and vanilla essence and beat until fluffy
• Add the mashed bananas and coconut to the egg mixture and beat well
• Sift together flour and baking powder in a separate bowl
• Add the flour mixture into the egg mixture alternating with milk
• Stir in walnuts and raisins
• Spoon mixture into prepared muffin cups and bake for about 25 – 30 minutes or a skewer inserted in the middle of the muffin comes out clean
• Cool on wire rack

Yields 10 muffins