Spiced Apple Pear Pecan Muffins
Packed with goodness, these muffins are moist and delicious, with that extra crunch of toasted pecans! Use spiced apple pear sauce, applesauce, or cooked pear to make these nutritious treats!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 12muffins | 15minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 20minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2cups all purpose flour
- 1/2cup almond flour
- 1/2cup brown sugar
- 2teaspoons baking soda
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- 1teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2teaspoon allspice
- 1/4teaspoon gingera little freshly grated ginger is great, too!
- 1/4teaspoon salt
- 1/2cup apple pear sauce or applesauceor cooked pear
- 1/2 cup almond milkor other plant-based milk
- 2 flax “eggs”2 Tablespoons ground flaxseed in 6 Tablespoons warm water
- 1/4cup vegetable oil
- 1teaspoon real vanilla extract
- 1cup pecansroasted and chopped, leaving 12 halves unchopped for decorating!
- 1/4cup hemp seedtoasted. Hemp seed is optional but it adds such great nutritional value!
Muffin Topping
- 1/4cup coarse sugar
- 1teaspoon cinnamon
- 12 toasted pecans
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- To prepare: Toast 1 cup of whole pecans until brown and full-flavoured; it only takes a few minutes. Leave 12 pecans aside for muffins, chop the remainder.
- Toast hemp seed for 5 min, until light brown. Let cool.
- Lightly spray muffin tin with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, mix 1 tsp cinnamon with 1/4 cup coarse sugar. Put aside.
- Mix 2 Tbsp flax seed with 6 Tablespoons of water and set aside to moisten for a few minutes.
- In a medium bowl, stir together dry ingredients.
- Add hemp seeds into dry ingredients.
- In a larger bowl, combine wet ingredients.
- Add moistened flax to wet ingredients.
- Add dry to wet and gently mix to combine. Do not overmix.
- Gently fold in the roasted, chopped pecans.
- Spoon evenly into greased muffin tins (3/4 full).
- Top each muffin with a toasted pecan and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
- Bake for approximately 20 minutes, watching for golden brown colour and firmness.
- Let cool in for a few moments in the pan and then remove carefully to finish cooling on a cooling rack.Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Wonderful while warm, but they do stay moist! We love them with peanut butter as a great breakfast, or an evening snack! They also toast up very well! Enjoy!
