pear and granola muffin
Here is another recipe from the P90X cookbook that is my husband's current diet regiment. I love how you can taste the little bits of pears in the muffin and they are also light in texture. It is a wonnderful recipe with only 2 TBSP of vegetable oil makes them very healthy too. They are a very beautiful muffin too. Enjoy.
prep time
20 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
Bake
yield
10 muffins
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup canned pear nectar
- 2 large egg whites
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon peel, grated
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed (i used dark)
- 1/2 cup low-fat granola
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups pear, chopped
How To Make pear and granola muffin
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together first five ingredients in large bowl to blend. In another bowl, mix both flours and sugar till no lumps remain. Next, mix in the granola, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt. Add pear; toss to coat. -
Step 2Now stir your flour mixture into the egg mixture until blended (batter will be thick).
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Step 3Divide among 10 well greased muffin cups.
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Step 4Bake until golden brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean (about 20 minutes). Transfer muffins to a rack and let cool.
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Step 5Wow what a pretty muffin! Here's a look inside. Look at the little chopped pears and peak of granola in there. Nutritional info: 227 calories, 5 gram total fat, (19% calories from fat), 5 grams protein, 43 gram carbohydrates, 0 mg cholesterol, 284 mg sodium.
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