Pear Bran Muffins Recipes

PERFECT PEAR MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
• Sift flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl. Add pears; stir to coat evenly.
• Combine buttermilk, egg yolks, oil, and vanilla extract in a bowl; mix well. Stir into the pear mixture until batter is just moistened.
• Beat egg whites in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until stiff but not dry. Fold egg whites into the batter until just barely incorporated. Fill muffin cups 2/3-full with batter.
• Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon together in a bowl; sprinkle over the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light golden brown and tops spring back when lightly pressed, 25 to 30 minutes.

PEAR BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine bran cereal, pears, and skim milk. Let stand for 5 minutes.
• Mix together flour, sugar, and baking powder.
• Add oil or applesauce and egg or egg substitue to the pear mixture.
• Stir in dry ingredients just until moistened.
• Fill greased muffin tins 3/4 full. May sprinkle with mixture of cinnamon and sugar before baking.
• Bake at 400 degrees 18 to 20 minutes.

PEAR, SULTANA & BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 deg C/400 deg F/Gas 6. Line a 12 muffin tin with muffin cases or lightly coat with spray oil.
• Sift together the flours, baking powder and salt. Mix in the bran.
• Put the spread in a micro-safe jug then gently melt. Now mix in the sugar, egg and milk then pour over the dry ingredients.
• Gently fold in the liquid but only enough to combine. Do not over mix, the mix should look quite lumpy.
• Fold in pears and golden raisins (sultanas). Spoon mixture into prepared tins.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until well risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack.

SPICED PEAR MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. In another bowl, beat the egg, yogurt, oil and molasses until smooth. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in pears, raisins and walnuts. , Fill greased or paper-lined miniature muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 400° for 10-12 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm.

VANILLA PEAR MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease or line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Whisk whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk yogurt, oil, egg, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl until smooth. Stir yogurt mixture into flour mixture until batter is just mixed; fold in pear and pecans. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
• Place muffin tin in the preheated oven; reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake until tops of muffins are browned and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.