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Mango Pecan Muffins with Mango Icing

Author: Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup butter melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 mango diced about 1 cup
  • 1/2 cup diced pecans

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 500 degrees
  • Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking powder in large bowl.
  • Place mango pieces into the flour mixture to coat them so they don't sink in muffin when baked.
  • Add nuts to flour mixture.
  • In separate bowl beat milk, butter, and eggs until fluffy.
  • Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients with a fork, just until blended. Do not over mix.
  • Place 3 tablespoons in each cupcake liner. Place a whole pecan on each muffin.
  • Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
  • *starting with a HOT oven will help the muffins rise higher.
  • *recipe adapted from King Arthur Flour's Basic Muffins Recipe
  • *Mango Icing:
  • one-cup powdered sugar
  • two-tablespoons water
  • one-tablespoon corn syrup
  • six-drops Loranns Mango Oil
  • one drop egg yellow Americolor Coloring
  • four-drops white Americolor Coloring
  • Mix all ingredients until smooth then pipe onto cooled muffins.