Pear and cinnamon muffins

By Andrew Walbran

These pear and cinnamon muffins are light and fresh.

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 15 minutes

Yield: 12 muffins

Tags: muffins, pear, cinnamon

Cuisine: NZ

Ingredients:

Dry ingredients

• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1/2 tsp mixed spice
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 cup sugar

Wet ingredients

• 60 g butter
• 60 mL milk
• 1 can of pears
• 1 egg

Instructions:

1. Grease muffin pan, and preheat oven to 200°C.
2. Sift flour, mixed spice and cinnamon into a large bowl, and mix sugar in.
3. Melt butter in the microwave in a smaller bowl, add milk to juice from pears to make 250 mL (i.e. milk plus pear juice should be 250 mL), add egg. Cut pears into small pieces, add to wet ingredients and mix well.
4. Add mixed wet ingredients to mixed dry ingredients, and fold together until flour is just damp but the mixture is not smooth.
5. Divide mixture evenly between 12 greased muffin pans (about 1/4 cup per pan).
6. Bake for around 15 minutes at 200°C, until muffins spring back when pressed in centre.