Matcha Coconut MOffins #MuffinMonday

Last month, I saw a post from one of my favorite bloggers - Wendy at A Day in the Life on the Farm - and I realized that they've been having a muffin party for years without me. LOL. I emailed the host, Stacy of Food Lust People Love and got the scoop: "...last Monday of the month and no themes. We've been baking together since August 2015! Only one rule, you must use the muffin method (folding wet ingredients with dry - no creaming butter and sugar, etc.) to bake muffins."

Oh, my goodness...is that the muffin rule? That makes total sense. But I had no idea.

In my house we've always said that if it's 'naked' as in frosting-free, it's a muffin; if there's frosting, then it's a cupcake. Turns out there's more to it than that. In any case, I jumped in. This is my first month participating with the #MuffinMonday bloggers. Here's a little bit more info, since this is new-to-me...

#MuffinMonday is a group of muffin loving bakers who get together once a month to bake muffins. You can see all of our lovely muffins by following our Pinterest board. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about Muffin Monday can be found on our home page.

And here's this month's line-up...

• Banana Oatmeal Muffins from Zesty South Indian Kitchen
• Beer and Cheese Muffins from Passion Kneaded
• Flourless Banana Peanut Butter Muffins from Food Lust People Love
• Matcha Coconut MOffins from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Pancake and Sausage Muffins from Making Miracles
• Small Batch Corn Muffins from Palatable Pastime
• Sourdough Cranberry Muffins from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Waffle Muffins from A Day in the Life on the Farm

Matcha Coconut MOffins

I dug my 'muffin top' molds out of my baking bin and I whipped up these MOffins for my boys one morning. I have been doing a lot of baking during our shelter-in-place orders. Oh, that is not a typo. I do not mean 'muffin.' I do mean MOffin. A MOffin is just a muffin made with mochi flour. Mochi + Muffin = MOffins

Ingredients

• 4  eggs
• 1/4 C olive oil
• 1 can (14-ounces) coconut cream
• 1/2 C coconut water
• 1/2 C turbinado raw cane sugar
• 1 T baking powder
• 2 T matcha powder
• 1 box rice flour (Mochiko)

Procedure

Mix the eggs, olive oil, coconut cream, and coconut water together in a large mixing bowl. Then fold in everything else until just moistened. Spoon the batter into greased muffin hollows or the muffin molds. Place on a baking sheet.

Bake for about 30 minutes at 375˚F till the top of the MOffin is slightly browned and slightly cracked. Let cool for 5 minutes before turning the MOffins onto a cooling rack.

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