Pear Banana Muffins

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Pear Banana Muffins

Ingredients

STREUSEL TOPPING
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, cold, cut in small pieces
6 tablespoons rolled oats

MUFFINS
1/2 cup Pacific Northwest Canned Pears, diced, in juice, drained and juice reserved
1/2 cup mashed banana
1/2 cup reserved pear juice
3/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1-1/4 pounds all-purpose baking mix

Method

To make the streusel topping, combine the flour, sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the butter pieces and, using your hands or a pastry blender, incorporate the butter until the pieces are pea-sized and smaller. Add the oats, stir to combine, and set aside.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mash the 1/2 cup diced pears with a fork. Add the mashed bananas, 1/2 cup of the reserved pear juice, and 3/4 cup water into the same bowl. (If there isn’t enough pear juice to make 1/2 cup, make up the difference with water.) Add the muffin mix and stir until well combined.

Fill the cups of a lightly greased, or paper-lined standard 12-cup muffin pan. Sprinkle the tops with streusel and bake 15 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges.

Servings

Makes 12 muffins

Ingredients

STREUSEL TOPPING
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 cup butter, cold, cut in small pieces
1-1/2 cups rolled oats

MUFFINS
2 cups Pacific Northwest Canned Pears, diced, in juice, drained and juice reserved
2 cups mashed bananas
1 teaspoon ground cloves
5 pounds all-purpose baking mix

Method

To make the streusel topping, combine flour, sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl. Add the butter pieces and, using your hands or a pastry blender, incorporate the butter until the pieces are pea-sized and smaller. Add the oats, stir to combine, and set aside.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, mash the 2 cups of diced pears with a fork. Add the mashed bananas, 2 cups of the reserved pear juice, and 3 cups of water into the same bowl. (If there isn’t enough pear juice to make 2 cups, make up the difference with water.) Add the muffin mix and stir until well combined.

Use a #10 scoop to fill two lightly greased or paper-lined muffin pans holding one dozen each. Sprinkle the tops with streusel and bake 15 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges.

Servings

Makes 24 muffins