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Nutrition: per muffin

  • kcal257
  • fat11g
  • saturates6g
  • carbs36g
  • sugars15g
  • fibre0g
  • protein5g
  • salt0.62g
    low

Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Line a 12-hole deep muffin tin with paper cases. Tip the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and a pinch of salt into a large bowl, then stir in the sugar. Mix together the milk, eggs and melted butter in a large jug and pour into the dry mix all at once, along with the pears and a third of the toffee pieces. Stir briefly until just beginning to combine – the batter should still be quite lumpy and have streaks of flour.

  • step 2

    Divide the mixture between the cases, then sprinkle with the remaining toffee and the flaked almonds. Bake for 25-30 mins until the muffins are risen, golden and feel firm when pressed (the molten toffee will be extremely hot so be careful not to touch it). Remove from the tin to a wire rack to cool.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2008

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A star rating of 4.2 out of 5.36 ratings

thesandrockeTWfSyQu

I happened to have a small box of dark chocolate coated ginger fondants leftover from Christmas, so chopped them up instead of toffee, and used ground ginger instead of cinnamon. I'm not saying you should go out and buy a box of fondants just to make this, but actually I definitely am, they are…

ejs22

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Have just made these cakes and didn't use any toffee, instead adding 40g chopped almonds. And the cakes are lovely! Great flavour and texture. However, mine only needed baking for 20 mins - all ovens are different but just something to bear in mind (you might want to check on them slightly earlier…

bootsboots

Just made these and they have turned out lovely! I’m not great at muffins but these have turned out really well. I ran out of self raising flour so I referred to a standard muffin mix, using plain flour and extra baking powder, popped them in the fan oven for 23 minutes and they are amazingly…

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RosieVimes

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Beautiful muffins, the pear and toffee compliment each other really well.

beckydale

Tried these for the second time, and this time they were perfect! So happy with them as they taste really good. I'd fiddle a bit with the recipe next time though, as I put all the toffee in the mix and it seemed like a lot of it leaked out and that there was too much pear but I think with minor…

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