Pear and Walnut Muffins

sobota, 15 lutego 2014

Pear and Walnut Muffins

Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 (8 ounce) carton plain yogurt (or vanilla if you like, experiment!)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 1/2 cups finely diced peeled pears
  • cooking spray
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ginger powder

Directions

  • 1 Preheat oven to 400*F.
  • 2 Place walnuts in a food processor, process until finely ground.
  • 3 Gently spoon flours into dry measuring cups, level with knife. Mix flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl, stir well with a whisk. Stir in ground walnuts. Make a well in center of mixture.
  • 4 Combine brown sugar, oil, vanilla, yogurt and egg in a small bowl, add to the flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Fold in diced pear.
  • 5 Spoon the batter into 15 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Mix together sugar, cinnamon and ginger powder in a small bowl. Sprinkle batter with cinnamon/ginger sugar. Bake at 400*F. for 20 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove from pans right away. Place on wire rack. Serve either warm or at room temperature. Enjoy1.

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