Pear Cardamom Oatmeal Muffins Recipes

PEAR OAT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Chop 2 pear halves; set aside. Puree remaining pear halves to equal 1 cup. Combine pear puree, egg, oil, vanilla, and orange peel; set aside. Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl; mix well. Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients; mix just until moistened. Fold in chopped pears and raisins. Spoon into 16 paper-lined or greased muffin cups. Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes or until wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.

CARDAMOM PEAR MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix milk, margarine and egg in a medium bowl.
• Add flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder and salt, mixing just until moistened.
• Gently mix in pears and orange zest.
• Spoon batter into 12 greased muffin cups; sprinkle with remaining sugar and cardamom.
• Bake at 400 until muffins are browned, about 20-25 minutes.
• Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.

PEAR-OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Combine 1/2 cup oats, flour, and next 6 ingredients (flour through allspice) in a large bowl.
• Stir in pear, and make a well in center of mixture. Combine buttermilk and next 5 ingredients (buttermilk through egg), and stir well with a whisk. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
• Spoon batter into 18 muffin cups coated with cooking spray; sprinkle 1/2 cup oats evenly over batter.
• Bake at 400° for 18 minutes or until done. Remove from pans immediately, and cool on a wire rack.

MAPLE PEAR OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare muffin cups with a light coating of cooking spray.
• Combine dry ingredients (flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon) together in a bowl.
• Core and dice the pears into small chunks. Combine the pears, buttermilk, maple syrup, oil, sugar, egg and all but 2 tablespoons of the oatmeal together in a second bowl. Let sit for 5 minutes.
• Combine the pecans and reserved oatmeal together to use as a topping for the muffins. Set aside.
• Combine the wet and dry ingredients together until just mixed. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling 2/3s full. Sprinkle with the pecan/oatmeal mix. Bake 18 to 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes and remove from pan.
• Serve warm or let the muffins finish cooling on a rack.