Pear Squares With Maple Icing
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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24 muffins
ingredients
- 1 cup fresh pear, peeled and cubed
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
- zest rom 1 lemon
- 2 eggs
- 1 1⁄4 cups flour
- 3⁄4 cup cornmeal
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
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MAPLE ICING
- 3⁄4 cup icing sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F Grease and flour two 12-cup square or regular muffin pans.
- Add pears and sugar into food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, add buttermilk, butter, lemon zest and eggs; whisk until combined.
- In a medium bown, add flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and stir to combine.
- Add wet ingredients to dry and stir just until combined; do not overmix. Fold in reserved pear mix.
- Divide batter evenly among pans. Bake for about 20 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center of the muffins comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from pan.
- MAPLE ICING: in medium bowl, whisk together icing sugar, vanilla and maple syrup until ingredients form a smooth icing consistency.
- For a thinner consistency, add an extra 1 tablespoons maple syrup.
- Place cooled muffins on a baking tray lined with parchment or wax paper.
- Drizzle icing on top and allow to set for a few minutes before serving.
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