Nigella Lawson Maple Pecan Muffins

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup pecans, roughly chopped
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup wheat germ
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 fill a 12 cup muffin tray with paper liners or butter it.
• 3 you can also use mini-muffins in which case it will make about 28.
• 4 reserve 1/4th of the chopped pecans.
• 5 mix together remaining pecans with flour, salt, wheatgerm and baking powder.
• 6 in another bowl, whisk together milk, egg, maple syrup, oil and vanilla.
• 7 pour the liquids into the dry mixture.
• 8 gently fold to mix.
• 9 the batter can have some lumps.
• 10 do not overmix because these muffins can get tough.
• 11 spoon into the muffin tins.
• 12 chop the remaining nuts finely and mix with the brown sugar.
• 13 sprinkle a little on the top of each muffin.
• 14 bake for about 20 minutes until tester comes clean (less if baking in a mini muffin tin).
• 15 the nut topping turns golden but the muffins will be very pale.
• 16 remove muffins to a cooling rack.
• 17 serve them warm or at room temperature, may be with some more maple syrup.