Gingerbread-Pear Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon baking powder ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon baking soda ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger ⓘ
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves ⓘ
- 1/2 teaspoon salt ⓘ
- 2 eggs ⓘ
- 1 cup buttermilk ⓘ
- 3/4 cup molasses ⓘ
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil ⓘ
- 1 pear - peeled, cored, and diced ⓘ
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
- Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat eggs in a separate bowl; stir in buttermilk, molasses, and vegetable oil until smooth. Mix buttermilk mixture into flour mixture until batter is just moistened; fold in pears. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
646
kcal
32% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).