Pear Ginger Muffins

Name: Pear Ginger Muffins
Yield: Yield 18 medium muffins
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 2½ cups flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ¼ cup milk; 2 large eggs; ¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 7 ounces (1¾ sticks) sweet butter; Pinch salt; 1 tablespoon peeled and grated fresh ginger root; 6 tablespoons granulated sugar; 2 cups peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped pears

Preparation info

Yield
18
medium muffins

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

A delicious morning eye-opener, even better when the ginger is fresh crop Hawaiian and the pears have a tablespoon of pear liqueur added to them.

Ingredients

7 ounces (1¾ sticks) sweet butter
¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian
Breakfast

Method

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Paperline the muffin tins or butter them.

Put the butter and the sugars in the bowl of an electric mixer. Using the paddle attachment, beat on medium speed until light and creamy. Add the eggs and then the milk and vanilla.

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