Spiced Pear Muffins

Close up on a muffin over baking paper and a wooden board

4.89 from 9 votes

These Spiced Pear Muffins with Crunchy Sugar Topping make a delicious Fall and Winter sweet treat to enjoy for breakfast, afternoon tea or dessert. The spiced muffins are packed with fresh pear chunks and finished with a cinnamon sugar topping.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time35 mins

Course: afternoon tea, Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: muffins

Calories: 202kcal

Author: A Baking Journey

Ingredients

Pear Muffins

70 gr (1/3 cup) Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
120 ml (1/2 cup) Canola Oil or neutral flavoured oil
120 gr (1/2 cup) Greek Yogurt
200 gr (1 1/3 cup) Self-Rising Flour
1/2 teasp. Ground Cinnamon
1/2 teasp. Ground Ginger
1/2 teasp. Allspice
1 Pear

Cinnamon Sugar Topping (optional)

1 1/2 tablesp. Demerara Sugar or Raw Sugar
1/4 teasp. Ground Cinnamon

Instructions

Pear Muffins

Preheat your oven on 180°C/350°F. Line your Muffin Pan with paper liners or grease the pan well with oil.
Peal, core and slice the Pear into small cubes (1). Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the Eggs and Brown Sugar until frothy.
Add the Canola Oil and Greek Yogurt and whisk until smooth.
In a separate bowl, mix together the Self-Rising Flour and Spices (2). Add it to the Wet Ingredients and whisk until to lumps remain.
Add the Pear Chunks and carefully mix them into the batter, either with a whisk or using a spatula (3).
Optional: keep about 1/4 of the Pear chunks to use over the muffins
Scoop out some batter into each Muffin Case in the muffin pan.
Optional: place the rest of the Pear Chunks over each Muffins

Cinnamon Sugar Topping (optional)

Mix together the Sugar and Ground Cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle some of it over each muffins.
Bake for about 20 minutes, or until puffed and golden (4).

Notes

Make sure to cut the pear into very small pieces. If sliced too large, they will tend to sink down to the bottom of the batter.
The purpose of pre-mixing the dry ingredients before adding them to the wet ingredients is to make sure the spices are evenly distributed in the batter.
Make sure the pear chunks are well distributed into the batter so that you get some fruits in each muffins.
The time it will take for your muffins to bake will depend on your oven. I recommend checking the muffins after about 15 minutes and leave them in for longer if needed.

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