Pear Crumb Muffins
These pear crumb muffins combine fresh fruit with a tender muffin and a buttery crumb topping! It's a delicious treat for breakfast or just a snack that's easy to make and freezes well too!
Servings: 24
Calories: 195kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Applesauce
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 2.5 cups Pears peeled, cored and diced
- 2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
- 3 cups All-purpose Flour
- 1 tsp. Baking Powder
- 1 tsp. Baking Soda
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 1 tsp. Cinnamon
- 1 tsp. Nutmeg
Crumb Topping
- 1/2 cup Flour
- 1/3 cup Sugar
- 6 Tbsp. Butter cold
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 24-cavity muffin tin with paper liners. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat oil, sugars and eggs until well combined. Stir in diced pears and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir dry ingredients into went ingredients. Mix well.
- Pour batter evenly between muffin liners.
- In a small bowl, mix flour and sugar for crumb topping. Cut in cold butter with a fork. Continue to cut in until the mixture forms coarse crumbs. Spread crumbs evenly over muffin batter in pans
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Notes
If you do not have applesauce, you can use vegetable oil in its place.
If you like an extra thick layer of crumbs on top, you can double the crumb topping ingredients.
These muffins freeze well. Wrap a cooled muffins in plastic wrap and then place inside a gallon freezer bag to freeze.