Blueberry Pear muffins with Allspice
Satisfy your craving for something sweet with these delicious Blueberry Pear muffins with Allspice! These moist and flavorful muffins are made with the finest ingredients like tart blueberries, ripe pears, and a hint of allspice to give them a unique flavor. Perfect for breakfast, snack-time, or dessert, these muffins will be a hit with everyone at your table.
Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup old fashion oats
- 1 cup milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)
- 1 cup fresh diced pears (about 1 butterscotch pear)
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly spray or grease a muffin tin with nonstick spray. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine oats and milk and let sit 15 minutes.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and allspice.
- In the bowl with the milk and oats, add the olive oil, egg, brown sugar and vanilla and stir to combine.
- Add dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Do not overmix.
- Gently fold pears and blueberries into the batter. Take care not to crush the blueberries so they do not burst which can cause the batter to become a grayish color.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared muffin pan and bake for 12 – 15 minutes.
- Remove from the oven. Let the muffins cool in the pan 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- Use very ripe pears when making this recipe.
- In place of the pears, you can use apples.
- Frozen blueberries are not recommended as the juices from them will bleed into the batter, causing it to turn a grayish color.
- Substitute the allspice with cinnamon or cardamom.
- Muffins freeze very well. Cool completely before storing in a freezer safe container.
- Try other berries like raspberries or blackberries in place of blueberries.
- Almond extract in place of vanilla is quite delicious.