Pear and muesli muffins

A healthy morning tea or school snack recipe from Nadia Lim and the team at My Food Bag, with loads of fruit, nuts and muesli.

Pear and muesli muffins recipe

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 12

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups self-raising flour
• 1 ½ cups muesli
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 2 pears, cored, diced into 1cm pieces
• ¼ cup walnuts, roughly chopped
• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 100g softened butter

Method:

Preheat oven to 200 ^oC / 180 ^oC (Fan). Lightly grease a muffin pan or alternatively line with paper

1. Sift self-raising flour into a large bowl.
2. Stir through muesli, sugar, pear and walnuts until well combined.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk the milk, egg and butter together.
4. Combine the milk mixture with the flour mixture and stir until well combined.
5. Spoon 3-4 tablespoons of the mixture into each muffin pan or paper case and sprinkle with remaining muesli.
6. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to stand for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.

To serve, pack into lunch boxes for school morning tea.

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