Pear, pecan & salted caramel muffins

Name: Pear, pecan & salted caramel muffins
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 conference pears, peeled and chopped into 1cm pieces; 250 g self-raising flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; ¼ tsp salt; 100 g light brown soft sugar; 2 medium free range eggs; 150 ml buttermilk; 100 g unsalted butter, melted; 75 g pecans, roughly chopped; 75 g No.1 Salted Caramel Sauce

All your favourite autumn flavours in one simple bake. Waitrose Food content producer Imogen Hope's pear and pecan muffins are doused in salted caramel (the more the better). An excellent teatime treat or, if you're feeling decadent, a glorious weekend breakfast. Spoon into more of our baking recipes. Follow Imogen on Instagram.

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Vegetarian

Makes12
CourseCake
Prepare25 mins
Cook20 mins
Total time45 mins

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2 conference pears, peeled and chopped into 1cm pieces
250g self-raising flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
¼ tsp salt
100g light brown soft sugar
2 medium free range eggs
150ml buttermilk
100g unsalted butter, melted
75g pecans, roughly chopped
75g No.1 Salted Caramel Sauce

Preheat the oven to 200°C/180ºC fan/gas 6 and line a 12-hole muf n tin with cases. In a small bowl, mix the pear pieces with a couple of spoonfuls of the our, tossing to coat. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, use an electric hand mixer or balloon whisk to combine the our with the bicarb,salt, sugar, eggs and buttermilk. Stream in the melted butter, whisking until incorporated. Fold in the our-coated pears and 50g of the chopped pecans. Divide among the muffin cases, filling each two-thirdsfull. Bake for 18-20 minutes until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Put on a wire rack to cool.
Heat the salted caramel sauce to a pourable consistency. Spoon over the warm muf ns, topping with the remaining chopped pecans.

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