Title: Tropical Muffins
Categories: Bread Breakfast Diabetic Lowfat
Yield: 12 Servings

1 3/4	c	All-purpose flour
		Sugar substitute to equal
3/4	c	Sugar
2	ts	Baking powder
1/4	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1/4	c	Unsweetened grated coconut
3	md	Ripe bananas, mashed
1/3	c	Reduced calorie margarine melted
1		Egg, beaten
1	ts	Grated orange rind
1/3	c	Unsweetened orange juice
		Vegetable cooking spray

Sift together flour, sugar substitute, baking powder, soda, and salt in a large bowl; stir in coconut, and make a well in center of mixture.

Combine bananas, margarine, egg, orange rind, and juice; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Spoon batter into muffin pans coated with cooking spray, filling two-thirds full. Bake at 375øF. for 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Makes 12 muffins.

PER SERVING (1 Muffin): Calories: 115 Protein: 2 gm Fat: 3 gm Carbohydrates: 19 gm Cholesterol: 23 mg Fiber: Trace Sodium: 224 mg Exchanges: 1 Starch, 1 Fat

FROM: All New Cookbook for Diabetics and Their Families by University of Alabama at Birmingham copyright 1988

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