Quick Bread Recipe ⇝ Gingerbread-Pear Muffins

A beautiful combination of ginger, molasses, and pear makes these muffins moist and flavorful.

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• ¼ cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ¾ cup molasses
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 pear - peeled, cored, and diced

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
2. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat eggs in a separate bowl; stir in buttermilk, molasses, and vegetable oil until smooth. Mix buttermilk mixture into flour mixture until batter is just moistened; fold in pears. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories200.9
• carbohydrateContent34.7 g
• cholesterolContent31.8 mg
• fatContent5.9 g
• fiberContent2.1 g
• proteinContent3.8 g
• saturatedFatContent1.1 g
• sodiumContent283.5 mg
• sugarContent17.9 g