Pear and Almond Muffins

I had to bake in a hurry - home from a trip and required to take a plate for morning tea to celebrate a colleague's birthday. My go to super quick baking is best ever banana muffins - but alas no time for defrosting bananas - but I had a huge bowl of pears from our tree - so a wee idea seeded itself in my brain and this recipe emerged. Result was fantastic - soft, delicious muffins with a nice nutty crunch.

Ingredients
3 ripe medium-large pears
1 egg
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup oil (canola or other bland oil)
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sliced almonds

Method
Chop pears into cubes - remove core but leave the skin on. Place in the bowl of a food processor with the egg, sugar and oil. Process until smooth (use a stick blender if you don't have a food processor). 

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt into the wet ingredients with about 3/4 of the almonds. Mix to combine - don't over mix. 

Spoon into greased muffin tins - I like them as mini muffins. Top with the rest of the almonds and bake at 190C for approx. 15 minutes or until golden. Dust with icing sugar while still hot. 


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