Do you love chai? Do you love pears? These vanilla chai pear muffins are sweet, moist, and it's hard to eat just one!
Servings 14Regular muffins
Ingredients
Muffins
2Cupsall-purpose flour
1 1/2tsp.Baking powder
1/2tsp.salt
1 1/12tsp.Ground Cinnamon
1 1/2tsp.Ground Ginger
1 1/2tsp.Ground Nutmeg
3/4tsp.Ground cardamom
1/2tsp.Black pepper
1pinchcloves (optional)
1/2CupButter
1/2Cupwhite sugar
1/4CupBrown sugar
2Eggs
2tsp.Vanilla extract
1/2CupMilk
2CupsDiced pears
Vanilla Glaze
1CupPowdered Sguar
1 1/2tsp.Vanilla extract
1Tbsp.Milk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a muffin tin or line with muffin liners.
In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and spices (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, black pepper, cloves). Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter with the white and brown sugars. Add the eggs and vanilla and stir until combined.
Alternating, add the flour mixture and the milk to the butter and eggs until well mixed. Gently fold in diced pears.
Fill muffin tins about 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 20-22 minutes.*
While muffins are baking. Whisk the powdered sugar, vanilla and milk together to make your glaze.
Remove muffins from oven, let cool on cooling rack for 5 minutes, and drizzle with vanilla glaze. Store in sealed container in refrigerator for longest shelf-life.
Notes
*You can also make these into mini muffins! Bake at 375 degrees F for 12-14 minutes. Makes about 30-35 minis.