Spiced Pear Muffins
These spiced pear muffins are deliciously moist from the pear and complimented with warm spices.
Servings: 24 muffins
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups shredded pears - about 4 large pears shred, remove core of pear and do not drain liquid from shredded pears
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup salted butter - melted
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Crumb Topping
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup salted butter - melted
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.
- In a large mixing bowl, add shredded pears, sugar, brown sugar and melted butter together and mix well.
- Add in eggs and vanilla extract and blend again.
- Add in the cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, flour, baking powder and salt until a batter forms.
- In another mixing bowl, add together the crumb topping ingredients and mix until a crumb topping forms.
- Spoon batter into greased or lined muffin tins and then top with crumb topping.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until the muffins look baked through and the tops aren't sticky.