Name: Gingerbread-Pear Muffins recipe
Ingredients: 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour;¼ cup white sugar;1 teaspoon baking powder;1 teaspoon baking soda;1 teaspoon ground cinnamon;1 teaspoon ground ginger;½ teaspoon ground cloves;½ teaspoon salt;2 eggs;1 cup buttermilk;¾ cup molasses;¼ cup vegetable oil;1 pear - peeled, cored, and diced

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Ingredients

2 cups whole wheat pastry flour ¼ cup white sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger ½ teaspoon ground cloves ½ teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup buttermilk ¾ cup molasses ¼ cup vegetable oil 1 pear - peeled, cored, and diced

Nutrition Info

200.9 calories carbohydrate: 34.7 g cholesterol: 31.8 mg fat: 5.9 g fiber: 2.1 g protein: 3.8 g saturatedFat: 1.1 g servingSize: - sodium: 283.5 mg sugar: 17.9 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

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.

Recipe Yield

1 dozen muffins

Recipe Note

A beautiful combination of ginger, molasses, and pear makes these muffins moist and flavorful.

Alternatives to this recipe

Gingerbread-Pear Muffins