Cardamom Pear Muffins with Streusel Topping
These Cardamom Pear Muffins feature a great blend of flavours, a lovely texture, a great moisture level, and an easy cardamom streusel to top it off!
Servings: 12 Muffins
Calories: 234kcal
Equipment
- Muffin Tin
- Cupcake Liners Optional
Ingredients
Cardamom-Streusel Topping
- ¼ cup All-Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup Granulated Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Ground Cardamom
- 2 tablespoon Butter chopped
Muffins
- 2-¼ cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp. Baking Powder
- 1 ½ tsp. Ground Cardamom
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 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, two forks, or clean fingers to cut in 2 tablespoons butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
Muffins
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Line 12 muffin cups with muffin liners, or spray with baking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cardamom, and salt. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
- In another bowl, combine eggs, milk, melted butter, vanilla, and grated 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
Serving: 1Muffin | Calories: 234kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 194mg | Potassium: 90mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 365IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 91mg | Iron: 1mg