Instructions: 1. Pre-heat oven to 180deg.C. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin with butter or spray oil.

2. Sift flour and spice together and add coconut and brown sugar. Mix together, ensuring there are no lumps of brown sugar.

3. In another bowl, mix together the egg, buttermilk, canola oil and pineapple. Pour egg mixture into the flour and mix as lightly and as quickly as possible. The mixture must not be overworked to ensure the muffins are light in texture. There should still be a few lumps in the mixture.

4. Spoon mixture evenly into the prepared tin, filling each cup to about 3/4 full. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes, or until light golden and cooked through. Remove from oven and turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

Makes 12 muffins.

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