Yummy Time: Glazed Pear Heaven

My mom and I made these amazzzzing muffins a few weekends ago when she came to visit from Ohio..

I highly recommend this Weight Watchers - Points Plus- recipe to everyone....even if your not on w.w. it's so worth it!!!

Glazed Pear Muffins PointsPlus® Value: 4
Servings: 12
Preparation Time: 18 min
Cooking Time: 35 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

These pear muffins are topped with a fabulous ginger-vanilla glaze. I opted to just make a vanilla glaze rather than using ginger.

 They're great for breakfast, brunch or as a gift for your favorite hostess
[ask me how you can schedule a mark. party]

Muffin Ingredients:
2 spray(s) cooking spray
2 large pear(s), ripe, Bosc, with skin
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/3 cup(s) sugar, granulated
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup(s) sour cream
1 large egg(s), beaten
1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup(s) fat-free skim milk
2 cup(s) all-purpose flour, unbleached
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp table salt

Glaze Ingredients:
1/2 cup(s) powdered sugar
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1 Tbsp water, warm, or more if necessary

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375ºF and coat a 12-hole muffin tin with cooking spray (or muffin liners). 2. Core and chop pears into tiny cubes; place in a large bowl. Add cinnamon, granulated sugar and lemon juice to pears; gently stir and set aside.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together sour cream, egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla and milk; set aside.
4. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
5. Make a well with a spoon in center of flour mixture and pour in sour cream mixture and fruit mixture, alternating in small batches; mix until barely blended. Do not over beat.
(NOTE: Batter will be very thick.)

6. Drop batter into prepared muffin holes until about 2/3 to 3/4 full; bake until tops are golden, about 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes in muffin pan; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. (Or leave slightly warm to dip into glaze for easier preparation.)
7. While muffins are cooling, make glaze: Mix together powdered sugar, ginger, remaining 1/4 teaspoon vanilla and warm water in a small bowl (add another teaspoon of water if glaze is too thick). Spread a thin layer of glaze over each muffin.

( I drizzled it with a spoon.. MUCH Easier)

Yields 1 muffin per serving. SO GOOD!! I had to pass them out at work so that I wouldn't eat all of them!!

More of my FAVORITE recipes to come:)

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