Breakfast

Pear Ginger Muffins is for Breakfast, Snack.

Pear Ginger Muffins takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Pear Ginger Muffins takes 20 minutes to cook.

Pear Ginger Muffins makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Pear Ginger Muffins are:

2 pears, chopped into small pieces
1 inch piece of fresh ginger, finely chopped
1 tbsp lemon zest
1/2 C. sugar

1 egg
1/4 C oil
3/4 C. yogurt

1 C. unbleached white flour
1 C. whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 C chopped pecans
2 tbsp steel-cut oats
1 tbsp crushed flax seeds

Here is how you make Pear Ginger Muffins:

Preheat the oven to 350 F.Mix chopped pears, ginger, lemon zest, and sugar and let sit while you measure and mix the rest.Mix the flours, baking powder, baking soda, oats, flax seeds, and ground ginger.Mix oil, egg, and yogurt and add to the pear-ginger mixture.Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring only until all the ingredients are moist.Line a muffin tin with paper liners, spoon in the batter, and bake for approx 20 minutes.Makes 16 muffins.Notes: You can cut the pears to 1, or puree one pear and leave the other chopped.The oats and flax seed are optional. They add nutrients without affecting the taste.Number of Servings: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FOSKED.

The nutritional information for Pear Ginger Muffins is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 155.0

• Total Fat: 7.8 g
• Cholesterol: 13.2 mg
• Sodium: 69.8 mg
• Total Carbs: 19.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
• Protein: 3.4 g