Description
Healthy and tasty pear and blueberry muffins made with fresh blueberries, pears, cinnamon, ginger and pecans or walnuts for a little crunch.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup pears, diced
- 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together using an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and ginger.
- Add the dry ingredients and milk to the wet ingredients, alternating between the two. Mix only until just combined.
- Fold in the pears, blueberries and nuts.
- Pour evenly into a greased 12 muffin pan and bake for about 25-30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
- Nuts are optional but go really well with these muffins and are a healthy addition, especially pecans and/or walnuts.
- Store muffins in a sealed container in the fridge for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: muffins
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 258
- Sugar: 16.2g
- Sodium: 174mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 5.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5.7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 2.2g
- Protein: 4.1g
- Cholesterol: 48mg