Cardamom Pear Streusel Muffins Food

CARDAMOM PEAR STREUSEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• In small bowl, mix together flour, sugar, and cardamom.
• Use a pastry cutter or two forks to cut in 2 tablespoons butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Preheat oven to 375 F. Line 12 muffin cups with liners, or spray with baking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and cardamom. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
• In another bowl, combine eggs, milk, melted butter, vanilla pears. Add egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture.
• Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy.)
• Divide batter between 12 prepared muffin cups, filling each to almost full. Sprinkle streusel topping over muffin batter in cups.
• Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden and a wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
• Cool in muffin cups on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from muffin cups; serve warm.

CARDAMOM PEAR MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix milk, margarine and egg in a medium bowl.
• Add flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder and salt, mixing just until moistened.
• Gently mix in pears and orange zest.
• Spoon batter into 12 greased muffin cups; sprinkle with remaining sugar and cardamom.
• Bake at 400 until muffins are browned, about 20-25 minutes.
• Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.