Pear Muffins
Pear muffins are an easy and healthy muffin made with half whole-wheat flour, fresh green pears, cinnamon and vanilla.
Servings: 1 dozen
Ingredients
- 1 cup White Whole-Wheat Flour
- ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- 6 tablespoons Butter melted
- ⅔ cup Light Sour Cream
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 ½ cup ripe Green Pears diced small (about 2 medium)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease muffin tin or line with paper muffin cups. Whisk together whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine brown sugar, slightly cooled butter, sour cream, eggs and vanilla. Stir until batter is smooth. Fold in diced pears.
- Make a well in the center of the wet mixture and gently stir in the dry mixture. Stir together just until combined. Be sure to not overmix the batter.
- Scoop batter evenly into prepared muffin pan. Top with turbinado or sparking sugar, if desired. Bake for 30 minutes in a preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean.