Passion Fruit Muffins

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup yogurt, plain, unsweetened, at room temperature
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 1 cup canned crushed pineapple (or other canned pineapple, chopped fine)
• 1 lime, juice of
• 4 passion fruit or 1 cup frozen passion fruit pulp
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup uncooked oats
• 1/4 cup brazil nut, finely chopped, toasted
• 3 tablespoons butter, slightly softened
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• 2 cut the passion fruits in half and scape pulp and seeds into a microwave safe bowl.
• 3 microwave passion fruit pulp for 30 seconds to 1 minute, until very hot.
• 4 strain pulp through a fine mesh sieve, stirring and pressing on pulp and seeds to extract all the liquid pulp. discard seeds. reserve 5 tablespoons of the passion fruit juice for the glaze.
• 5 in a standing mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 6 mix together eggs, passion fruit pulp, lime juice, vanilla, and yogurt.
• 7 whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
• 8 add the liquid ingredients to the butter/sugar mix, alternating with the dry ingredients. finish with the dry ingredients, folding them in by hand. fold in the pineapple. do not over mix.
• 9 line muffin tins with paper. fill 18 regular muffin tins (or 10 jumbo) 3/4 full.
• 10 place chopped brazil nuts, oats, and brown sugar in a bowl. add 3 tablespoons butter. mix butter into the oats and nuts with your fingers, until well mixed.
• 11 crumble 1 tablespoon of oat/nut mixture on the tops of the muffins.
• 12 bake the muffins on the center rack at 450 degrees for 5 minutes. lower the heat to 400 degrees, and bake for 10 minutes more.
• 13 check for doneness. muffins should spring back slightly when touched. larger muffins may require an extra 5 to 8 minutes.
• 14 remove muffins and let cool in pans on a rack for 5 minutes. remove muffins from pan.
• 15 whisk 5 tablespoons passion fruit juice, melted butter, and 1 tablespoon lime juice into the powdered sugar. add pinch of salt and 1/2 vanilla. thin with more juice or water if necessary.
• 16 drizzle glaze over top of muffins. if glaze thickens, try reheating for a few seconds in the microwave.