Cardamom Pear Streusel Muffins
So, we're having a bonus FRIDAY post today, by popular demand. You see, I made muffins last Sunday... first time in a few years! Between having to go off gluten for a couple years, not having a kitchen (tornado!) for much of that time, etc? Muffins weren't on my priority list.
We had a handful of pears about to go bad this week, though. Seemed like the perfect excuse to whip out an old favorite - Cardamom Pear Streusel muffins!
I created this recipe a few years ago, when I went on a crazy muffin making binge. SO many awesome recipes came from that week - I'll be sure to post them in the near-ish future.
Cardamom and Pear is one of my favorite flavor combinations for baking with, so of course I had to incorporate them into a muffin recipe. This recipe makes 12 big, moist, and delicious muffins with a delicate crumb and warm, exotic flavor. It's the perfect way to start a day!
Anyway. I posted a photo and description of these online that morning, and was inundated with excited comments and requests for the recipe. As I have most of May already scheduled, I figured this would merit an extra blog entry.. and here we are, just in time for the weekend!
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Cardamom Pear Streusel Muffins
Equipment
Ingredients
Cardamom-Streusel Topping
- ¼ cup All-Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup Granulated Sugar
- ½ tsp Ground Cardamom
- 2 Tbsp Butter chopped
Muffins
- 2-¼ cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp. Baking Powder
- 1 ½ tsp. Ground Cardamom
- 2 Large Eggs lightly beaten
- ¾ cup Milk
- ½ cup Butter melted and cooled
- 1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 1.5 cups Grated Pear ~2 large
Instructions
Cardamom-Streusel Topping:
- In small bowl, mix together flour, sugar, and cardamom.
- Use a pastry cutter or two forks to cut in 2 tablespoons butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Muffins
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Line 12 muffin cups with liners, or spray with baking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and cardamom. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
- In another bowl, combine eggs, milk, melted butter, vanilla pears. Add egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture.
- Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy.)
- Divide batter between 12 prepared muffin cups, filling each to almost full. Sprinkle streusel topping over muffin batter in cups.
- Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden and a wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
- Cool in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from muffin cups; serve warm.
Nutrition
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