Pear Crumble Muffins
Ah, 'tis the harvest season and if you're lucky to live in the countryside, it's not hard to get your hands on fruits from neighbours and roadside honesty boxes. But even if you don't live out in the rolling hills like me, picking up seasonal British apples and pears in the grocery stores is a snap for making my next recipe. As an American, I do love my muffins and I've gone through obsessive phases of muffin making over the years. Nowadays, with my business taking up more of my time, I don't get to do much baking. But I found this recipe I had jotted down a while back, tucked into one of my notebooks. And given the time of year, I thought it appropriate to post. I had sort of based it on a pear cobbler (that's American for crumble) recipe I have in one of my good ol' Cooking Light cookbooks. Also, as so often recipes are created, I probably had a couple pears to use up that the kids weren't going to eat. It turned out a lovely, moist muffi