Pear Muffins

Easy recipe for homemade pear muffins. One of my favorite fall baking recipes!

I love trying new baking recipes during the fall season. A couple of weeks ago I tried out a new recipe for caramel apple bread, and it was amazing! I was recently given a whole bunch of pears so I was looking for some pear recipes. I stumbled on a recipe for pear muffins and decided to give them a try.

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These muffins are truly pear muffins. They don’t have just a hint of pear, they are full of pears, and also full of flavor. I thought they turned out really good. They are a great way to enjoy fall pears.

 

These muffins would also freeze well, so if you have a lot of pears you need to use up, make a couple of batches and freeze the muffins in gallon sized ziploc bags.

 

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Easy recipe for vanilla pear muffins. One of my favorite fall baking recipes!

 

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Pear Muffin Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 c. flour
  • 1/2 c. sugar
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 /2 c. vegetable oil
  • 3/4 c. buttermilk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 4 ripe pears, peeled and chopped
  • 1 c. walnuts, chopped (optional)

 

Topping:

  • 3 tbsp. sugar
  • 2 tbsp. walnuts, chopped*
  • 1/4 tsp. cinnamon

 

*Chop the walnuts as finely as possible. I like to use a nut grinder like this one. I have an old one that was my mom’s, and I love it!

 

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

 

In a small bowl, mix together the topping ingredients, and set aside.

 

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These delicious pear muffins are a perfect fall treat! Packed with juicy chunks of fresh pear and warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, they're a cozy and comforting breakfast or snack. With a moist and tender crumb and a sweet streusel topping, these muffins are sure to become a new favorite. Try them with a cup of coffee or tea for the ultimate autumn indulgence!

 

In a large mixing bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

 

Whisk together eggs, oil, buttermilk, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and stir until just barely moistened. The batter will be a little lumpy.

 

Gently stir in the chopped walnuts and chopped pears with a rubber spatula. Don’t overmix the batter.

 

Easy recipe for vanilla pear muffins. One of my favorite fall baking recipes!

 

Spoon the batter into muffin tins that have been lined with cupcake liners. Fill the tins until they are level with the top of the muffin tin.

 

Sprinkle the topping mixture generously on top of all of the muffins.

 

Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool the muffin pan on a wire baking rack for about 10 minutes. Remove the muffins from the muffin tins and let them finish cooling on the baking racks.

 

Makes 20-22 muffins.

 

Like this recipe? You might also like my recipes for crock pot pear butter, pear jelly, or pear ginger jam.

 

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4 Comments on "Pear Muffins"


  1. I just made 18 pear muffins. I used 3/4 wholewheat flour and 1/4 white flour, course (reed),sugar, and I ground the walnuts together with the sugar and cinnamon in a pestle and mortar. I baked the muffins (first batch) for 19 minutes and (second batch of only six muffins) for 16 minutes. They turned out lovely! Thanks so much for the recipe! Love from The Netherlands.


  2. I used Bob’s gluten free flour for my own diet. So, the muffins I made were moist but also goowey in the middle even after I baked them for longer. Are they normally that consistency I wonder?


  3. I filled to the top of the muffin paper, like the directions indicated, made 3 batches, and only got 15 muffins per batch. They are very moist and delicious. I plan to freeze most of them to eat throughout the winter if they last that long.

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