Whitewater Marvellous Muffins

By roxy21

Ingredients

• 1 cup soft margarine or butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 6 eggs room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 7 1/2 cups flour
• 2 tbsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups sliced pears
• 1 cup chopped white chocolate
• 1/2 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger

Preparation

Step 1

In a mixing bowl, cream together margarine, sugar, and vanilla. Beat in eggs and buttermilk. In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Quickly mix in the pears, white chocolate,many ginger, reserving a little of each to place on top of muffins before they go in the oven (makes 24 muffins). Grease muffin tins and fill 2/3 full. Top with reserved ingredients. Bake in a 350F oven until they are done (approximately 30 minutes). Try different combinations...dried cherry and chocolate, raspberry and hazelnut, cranberry and toasted almond, blueberry and lemon zest. Don't thaw if using frozen fruit.