Pear muffins with a crumble topping
Delicious pear muffins with a crumble topping (sometimes known as streusel topping). Suitable for vegans.
Ingredients
- 125 ml oat milk or alternative milk of your choice
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar or lemon juice
- 250 g plain flour or 125g spelt or wholemeal flour and 125g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon optional
- 125 g caster sugar
- 125 ml sunflower oil
- 200 g pear cooked and mashed; pureed; or peeled and chopped into small cubes
- 100 g raisins or sultanas (optional)
Crumble topping
- 50 g plain flour
- 35 g dairy free butter chilled and cut into cubes
- 15 g brown sugar
- 35 g oats or chopped nuts
Instructions
To make the crumble topping
- First make your crumble topping.
- Add 35g cubed dairy free butter to 50g plain flour and rub together using your fingertips until you have a breadcrumb-like consistency. You could also do this in a small food processor.
- Stir through 15g brown sugar and 35g oats or chopped nuts. Set aside.
To make the muffins
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan)/200°C/gas mark 6/400°F. Line a muffin tin with 12 muffin cases.
- Add a tablespoon of cider vinegar or lemon juice to 125 ml oat milk and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl mix together 250g plain flour (or 125g spelt and 125g plain flour) with a teaspoon of baking powder, ½ a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda), a teaspoon of ground cinnamon and 125g caster sugar. Mix well to combine.
- Add the oat milk, 125ml sunflower oil and 200g pear purée. Stir well.
- Next add the raisins if using and stir well.
- Spoon into your muffin cases. Each case should be around ⅔ full.
- Sprinkle a spoonful of crumble topping over each muffin.
- Place in the oven and bake for 25 minutes or until the crumble topping is golden brown and the muffins are firm to touch.
- Remove and allow to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before removing carefully and cooling on a wire rack.
Notes
- This recipe can be made without the crumble topping.
- Nutritional information is approximate and is intended as a guide only.
- Suitable for freezing - best frozen without the crumble topping.
- Diced pear can be used instead of pear purée if preferred.
Nutrition
Calories: 293kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.4gSodium: 110mgPotassium: 135mgFiber: 2gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 26IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 2mg
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