Top Secret Maple Muffins

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 cup home-made applesauce (this is the secret part)
• 1/2 grapeseed oil (canola oil is fine too)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
• 1/2 cup sour milk or 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups chopped ripened peeled pears
• 1 cup pecan pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit, and spray a jumbo muffin pan with non-stick cooking oil.
• 2 whisk all wet ingredients together : the maple syrup, eggs, sugar, applesauce, yogurt, and sour milk.
• 3 stir in the pears and pecan pieces.
• 4 in a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients : flour, salt, and baking powder.
• 5 fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients carefully, until just mixed.
• 6 scoop into a dozen muffins (they will be huge in a regular pan but i got away with it).
• 7 bake on centre rack, rotating every 15 minutes, for around 30-50 minutes, depending on what pan size you're using.
• 8 wait 5-10 minutes before removing or they'll crumble! enjoy! you now have a muffin that tastes and feels like a delicious pancake!