Pear Muffins
These Pear Muffins made with fresh ginger and pecans are perfect with your morning coffee or tea. They're made with honey instead of sugar, making them moist and flavorful.
Ingredients
For the Pear Muffins:
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup honey
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup whole milk
- 1 Bosc pear peeled, cored and finely chopped
- ½ cup chopped pecans
For the Honey Glaze:
- ½ cup sifted confectioners sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
Instructions
Make the Pear Muffins:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and until well combined.
- In standing mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream honey, butter and ginger until light and fluffy. Add egg and milk; beat until well combined. Add flour mixture; beat until just combined. Fold in pear and pecans.
- Line 10 muffin cups with paper liners; divide batter evenly between muffin cups. Transfer to oven; bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of muffins comes out clean. Cool muffins in pan on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove muffins from pan and transfer to wire rack to cool completely before glazing.
Make the Honey Glaze:
- In medium bowl, whisk together sugar, honey and milk. Spoon glaze over muffins.
Notes
- While I’ve used pecans in the pear muffin recipe card below, you could substitute walnuts or even almonds in these ginger pear muffins.
- For a nut-free recipe, simply omit the nuts. The muffins will still turn out just fine, you may just end up with 1 muffin less, because the volume of the batter will be a little less.
Serving: 1muffin, Calories: 245kcal, Carbohydrates: 40g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Trans Fat: 0.2g, Cholesterol: 30mg, Sodium: 215mg, Potassium: 95mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 26g, Vitamin A: 186IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 43mg, Iron: 1mg
This website provides estimated nutrition information as a courtesy only. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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