A sophisticated muffin - fresh pears spiced with cardamom. Drizzle these muffins with a little glaze
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: Brunch, Muffins
Cuisine: Baked Goods
Keyword: cardamom, pears
Servings: 12
Calories: 165kcal
Author: Trish | The infinebalance Food Blog
Ingredients
1-½cupspastry flour
½cupall-purpose whole wheat flour
½cuppacked light brown sugar
1tablespoonbaking powder
½teaspooncardamom
¼teaspoonsalt
¼cupmilkyour choice (soy, almond....)
3tablespoonscanola oil
1teaspoonvanilla extract
¾cupsplain yogurtI used full fat
1large egg
1-½cupspeeled and diced pears
Glaze
1-½teaspoonsmilk
¼powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 and line a muffin tin with paper cups
In a large bowl combine flours, brown sugar, baking powder, cardamom and salt. Whisk to combine.
Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and add milk, oil, vanilla, yogurt and the egg. Gently beat the egg, then fold wet ingredients into dry until almost completely combined. A few powdery pockets are okay. Add pears, and gently fold in to combine.
Spoon batter into muffin cups and bake at 350 for about 18 minutes. Muffins will be lightly browned on top and pass the toothpick test. Remove muffins from the muffin tin and place on a cooling rack.
For glaze
Combine 1-½ teaspoons milk with icing sugar and stir until a smooth, just soft enough to drip, paste forms. Once muffins are slightly cooled, slightly warm is okay, drizzle each muffin with the glaze. Best served warm, the day they are made.
Notes
- Instead of a mixture of pastry flour and whole wheat flour, use white all-purpose for the full amount of flour (2 cups) - Sub in apples for the pears if desired. - These muffins do not keep very well, the glaze will run and become sticky. Best served the day made.