vanilla pear muffins

Ingredients For vanilla pear muffins

• 1 c

  whole wheat flour
• 1/2 c

  all-purpose flour or unbleached all-purpose flour
• 3/4 c

  white sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp

  baking powder
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1/2 c

  low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 1/2 c

  canola oil
• 1 lg

  egg
• 2 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 1 md

  ripe but firm pear (like bosc*), peeled, cored, and diced
• 1/2 c

  chopped pecans
• *a softer pear will tend to "melt" into the batter.