Pear Oat 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.

OATMEAL PEAR MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line a muffin tray with paper liners then set aside.
• Start by mashing the bananas in a large bowl. It's easiest to do this with a fork.
• Then stir in the egg, brown sugar, vanilla, and applesauce. Stir until there are no large banana lumps.
• Add the whole wheat flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
• Gently combine until no large streaks of flour remain. But try not to over mix. Then gently fold in the diced pear by stirring with a large wooden spoon, 2-3 times.
• Scoop the batter into a muffin tin, filling each cup nearly to the top. It should make 12 muffins.
• Bake for 16-18 minutes until golden brown. Insert a toothpick into the center of one of the muffins and check to see if it comes out clean. If it doesn't, bake for an additional 2-3 minutes.

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.

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.

GINGER PEAR MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, and salt together in a bowl; form a well in the center of flour mixture. Whisk milk, oil, and egg together in a small bowl and pour into well. Stir until batter is just moistened; fold in pear and walnuts. Fill prepared muffin cups with batter.
• Mix oat bran and remaining 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger together in a small bowl; sprinkle over batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean and tops are brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing from muffin cups. 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.

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.