Pear Gingerbread Muffins

15 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
  • Pinch mace (optional)
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup light molasses
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 pear (Bosc or other baking pear), diced.

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 375F (190C). Line, or lightly butter 12 standard (1/3-cup/80mL) muffin cups.
  2. 2
    Whisk flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, mace if using and salt in medium bowl to blend.
  3. 3
    In a second larger bowl, mix together the melted butter, sugar, molasses, and eggs.
  4. 4
    Stir in the cold water.
  5. 5
    Add half of the dry ingredients and stir until blended. Stir in the remaining dry ingredients. Fold in the diced pears.
  6. 6
    Bake gingerbread until a tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 22-25 minutes (check after 20 minutes).
  7. 7
    Set on a rack to cool for 10 minutes. Remove the muffins from the muffin tin and allow to cool completely on the rack.

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