Pear Squares With Maple Icing

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh pear, peeled and cubed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
• zest rom 1 lemon
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup cornmeal
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons maple syrup

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f grease and flour two 12-cup square or regular muffin pans.
• 2 add pears and sugar into food processor and pulse until coarsely chopped. set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, add buttermilk, butter, lemon zest and eggs; whisk until combined.
• 4 in a medium bown, add flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and stir to combine.
• 5 add wet ingredients to dry and stir just until combined; do not overmix. fold in reserved pear mix.
• 6 divide batter evenly among pans. bake for about 20 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center of the muffins comes out clean. let cool completely before removing from pan.
• 7 maple icing: in medium bowl, whisk together icing sugar, vanilla and maple syrup until ingredients form a smooth icing consistency.
• 8 for a thinner consistency, add an extra 1 tablespoons maple syrup.
• 9 place cooled muffins on a baking tray lined with parchment or wax paper.
• 10 drizzle icing on top and allow to set for a few minutes before serving.