{"id":39078,"date":"2022-09-26T07:33:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T11:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=39078"},"modified":"2022-09-26T07:33:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T11:33:44","slug":"pear-vanilla-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/09\/26\/pear-vanilla-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pear Vanilla 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=\"\" 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\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/09\/26\/pear-vanilla-muffins\/pearmuffins-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PearMuffins.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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=\"PearMuffins\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PearMuffins.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PearMuffins.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PearMuffins.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PearMuffins.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PearMuffins.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s officially fall, I give you pear muffins. These are moist, heavy on the vanilla, and get additional flavor from the zest of an orange. The light brown sugar adds a caramel sweetness you can&#8217;t get from granulated sugar. These pear muffins are worth rolling up your sleeves for! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>pinch of salt<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/12 tablespoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon orange zest<\/li>\n<li>1 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>4 tablespoons butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>1 cup unsweetened applesauce<\/li>\n<li>2 large pears, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 400\u00ba. Line two muffin pans with 14 papers.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt together.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, mix the eggs, vanilla, orange zest, brown sugar, butter, oil, and applesauce. Gently mix the wet and dry ingredients until just combined, being careful not to overmix.<\/li>\n<li>Divide the batter evenly between the muffin papers, and fan three slices of the pear on top of each. Bake for 20 minutes, muffins should be lightly golden &#8211; test with a toothpick. Serve at room temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since it&#8217;s officially fall, I give you pear muffins. These are moist, heavy on the vanilla, and get additional flavor from the zest of an orange. The light brown sugar adds a caramel sweetness you can&#8217;t get from granulated sugar. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/09\/26\/pear-vanilla-muffins\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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":[97,2441,2107],"class_list":["post-39078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-baking","tag-muffins","tag-pears"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-aai","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35867,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/05\/03\/pear-crumb-muffins\/","url_meta":{"origin":39078,"position":0},"title":"Pear Crumb Muffins","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"May 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I bought a ripe basket of pears over the weekend, and decided to use some of them to make \u00a0muffins. 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