{"id":19943,"date":"2015-11-05T06:23:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T11:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=19943"},"modified":"2019-11-26T07:18:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T12:18:15","slug":"pear-oatmeal-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/11\/05\/pear-oatmeal-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pear Oatmeal Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Food-Header-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19952\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/11\/05\/pear-oatmeal-muffins\/pearmuffins2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PearMuffins2.jpg?fit=620%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PearMuffins2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PearMuffins2.jpg?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PearMuffins2.jpg?fit=620%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19952\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PearMuffins2.jpg?resize=620%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PearMuffins2\" width=\"620\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PearMuffins2.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PearMuffins2.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that mornings are dark, and cold and it&#8217;s tough to get out of bed &#8211; there&#8217;s nothing like a muffin with oats, pears, and chocolate chips to ease the transition.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 pears, peeled and grated<\/li>\n<li>6 tablespoons butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>2\/3 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 cup buttermilk*<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs, lightly beaten<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup rolled oats<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 teaspoon kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup walnuts, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 425\u00ba, peel and grate pears. Line muffin pans with paper liners.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl stir together\u00a01 1\/4 cups grated pears, butter, brown sugar, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl, combine oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Add dry ingredients to the wet, and stir until combined. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips.<\/li>\n<li>Fill muffin cups almost to the top &#8211; place in oven and lower the temperature to 375\u00ba. Bake muffins for 20 to 25 minutes, test\u00a0with a toothpick. Makes 12 to 16.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>* If you&#8217;re fresh out of buttermilk &#8211; pour one tablespoon of white vinegar in a measuring cup, then fill with milk to the one cup line. Let sit for ten minutes and add to recipe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that mornings are dark, and cold and it&#8217;s tough to get out of bed &#8211; there&#8217;s nothing like a muffin with oats, pears, and chocolate chips to ease the transition.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[1874,3759,2441,2107,3760],"class_list":["post-19943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-breakfast","tag-fall-fruit","tag-muffins","tag-pears","tag-where-did-october-go"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-5bF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24578,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/10\/29\/pear-chocolate-chip-muffins\/","url_meta":{"origin":19943,"position":0},"title":"Pear Chocolate Chip Muffins","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"October 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I whipped up these pear chocolate chip muffins over the weekend, because it's nice to wake up on a chilly morning and have something sweet to accompany a steaming cup of coffee. 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