muffin - quinoa pear muffins with brown sugar

By tinathorn

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup quinoa flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar plus more for topping
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1 cup pears, cut into 1/4” slices, plus more for topping
zest of 1 lemon
• 2 ” section of ginger, diced

Details

Adapted from babble.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease a muffin tin. Combine the flours, baking powder, spices and salt in a large bowl. In another smaller bowl, break and lightly beat the eggs, then stir in the sugars, oil and milk. Pour into the dry ingredients, stirring just until combined. Then fold in the ginger, zest and pear slices.

Spoon the batter into the tins. Top each muffin with a pear slice and a teaspoon of brown sugar. Bake for 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

If you’d like to make this as a complete gluten-free recipe, try substituting the all-purpose flour for a gluten-free