Spiced Pear (or Apple) Muffins

These muffins are perfect for when you want a treat, but you want it to be healthy and taste decadent. These also travel well and are best reheated in the toaster oven or griddleD on a hot cast iron pan.

Spiced Pear (or Apple) Muffins

Makes 10-12

2 medium sized pears or apple (2 cups diced, divided)

2 eggs

⅓ cup coconut sugar

2 tbsp ghee (melted + cooled)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp cinnamon

¼ tsp cloves

¼ tsp nutmeg

¼ tsp black pepper

¼ tsp dried ginger

½ tsp baking soda

2 cups almond flour

½ tsp apple cider vinegar

¼ tsp sea salt

Preheat the oven to 350 and line a 12 muffin tin with paper cups or grease your tin with ghee. Dice the pears fairly small (I only tend to peel my fruit if the skin is very tough) Reserve 1 cup of diced pears. Add all ingredients to the bowl of a food processor (except for the 1 cup of reserved pears). Blend until fully combined, scraping sides of processor as necessary.

Scrape batter into a medium bowl and fold in the reserved pears. Scoop about ¼ cup of batter for each muffin. (I really like a muffin scoop for this, sort of like an ice cream scoop, but for batter.) You can absolutely sprinkle these with additional cinnamon and coconut sugar if desired.

Bake for 30-32 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Allow to cool in muffin tin for 5 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.