Pear and Ginger Muffins
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
12 muffins
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups self-rising flour
- 1⁄2 cup plain flour
- 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon clove powder
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup grapeseed oil (or similar low-cholesterol good quality cooking oil)
- 3⁄4 cup milk (I used rice milk)
- 1⁄4 cup golden syrup
- 3 ripe pears, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons crystallized ginger, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup white chocolate chips, contain dairy products (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 180C, and line a regular 12 hole muffin pan with muffins papers (or grease lightly).
- Sift flours and spices together in a large bowl, and stir in brown sugar.
- In another bowl, whisk eggs till combined, then add (one by one) oil, milk and golden syrup and whisk till well-combined.
- Add chopped pears and ginger (and white choc bits, if using) to dry mixture, then pour egg mixture in, too, and fold carefully together until just combined.
- Spoon mix into prepared muffin tin, and bake in oven approximately 20 minutes, until risen and golden brown on top.
- Turn out immediately onto wire rack to cool.
- These keep very well for several days in a sealed container - the fruit keeps them moist and flavourful for longer.
- (The white chocolate chips contain dairy of course so are optional, but are a delicious addition if that isn't a problem.).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
catxx
Brisbane
Here in Australia, we are blessed with an abundance of beautiful fresh produce, and our multi-cultural background has given us lots of wonderful tastes and styles.
I've loved food almost all my life (except for a bumpy early start...ate nothing but a slice of apple and a slice of cheese a day for my first two years!).
For me, cookbooks are a springboard - I have a taste "on my tongue", I search for appropriate inspiration and voila! something that owes a little to the book, my creativity, and whatever is in my kitchen! That said, I adore Vikki Leng's "A Vegetarian Kitchen" and travel happily through Sheila Lukin's "All Around The World Cookbook". Jamie Oliver is also a favourite, and I've just discovered the Williams-Sonoma baking books!