My good friend Jenny came over for a visit a few weeks ago. In between going sledding and catching up we made some pear walnut muffins that turned out very well. The recipe is incredibly loosely based off a banana blueberry oatmeal recipe I got out of a book at the library. I don’t remember what it was called, but many of the ingredients have changed since then, so it’s probably not important. Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c rolled oats
1 1/2 c whole wheat flour
1/3 c sugar (or maple syrup)
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 c chopped walnuts

2/3 c mashed pears
1 c milk
1 large egg
2 Tbsp oil

Preheat the oven to 400F.
Grease a muffin tin. Mix all dry ingredients together in a biggish bowl. Mash the pears in a smaller bowl (>2c capacity). Add the egg and beat together. Mix the rest of the wet ingredients into the smaller bowl. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ones and mix until combined. Scoop the batter into the muffin tins. Bake 20-25 minutes.

If you’d like this in recipe card form, I made up a few to give to friends. You can find the pdf here. The photo is one taken by my friend Jenny which I modified using the Gimp. I made the pdf using Scribus, which is another wonderful program.

I made up a jar of dry ingredients and gave it with a jar of canned pears and a personalized recipe card to a friend who’s had a rough few weeks. I usually make just 12 muffins using this recipe, but my friend made 24 and it worked pretty nicely. It just depends on how big you want the muffins.

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