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Maple Pecan Muffins

October 22, 2009 by Joy the Baker 86 Comments

Maple Pecan Muffins

Today’s Maple Pecan Muffins are dedicated to Tracey.

Tracey, you are dear and darling… and 15, which is equal parts hard and rad, I know.

Let me tell you a little about Tracey.  Tracey had her 15th birthday last week.  Tracey’s best friend Maggie sent me a pretty precious email asking me if I would send Tracey an autographed picture of myself for her birthday.  See,  Tracey is a great baker and a huuuuge fan of my site.

I’m not the sort to have pictures of myself to autograph on hand… that would be totally weird,  so I sent Tracey a little birthday gift and handwritten note.  Easy enough, right?   In return Tracey sent me a very long, very excited, exceedingly adorable email to thank me for her birthday present.  Seriously friends… this girl is priceless.

tracey

After reading Tracey’s email a handful of times (it was packed to the gills with information), here are a few things I want you to know about my new friend:

Tracey makes a mean lemon pound cake with blueberry sauce.

Tracey almost set her house ablaze trying to make these doughnuts.

Tracey is obsessed with muffins… and feeds them to her dog.  Let’s all just pretend like that’s normal.

Tracey got a “Tracey the Baker” apron for her birthday.  Clearly I have competition.

By sharing loads homemade cookies, Tracey is well on her way to becoming the most popular girl in school.  Don’t get too popular Tracey… it might be overrated.

Tracey giggles a lot… not in emails, but this is just something I’ve surmised from being 15 and eating a lot of sugar once upon a time.

Tracey?  Is that Jesus peeking over your shoulder on your fridge there?  If so… awesome.  If not… awkward.

Tracey these muffins are my little shout out to you because it seems like you get as excited about eggs and butter and sugar and flour as I do.  That makes me happy. Thank you.

Maple Pecan Muffins

Maple Pecan Muffins

Oooh Maple Pecan Muffins.  Holy smokes these muffins are good.

Here’s the trick with these muffins:  use real maple syrup.  Don’t even think about using the pancake syrup you might have hiding in your fridge.  No way friend-o!

These muffins are moist, sweet, drenched in maple flavor and just lovely for Autumn.  The pecans round out the sweetness and add just the right crunch.  Weekend breakfast?  Heck yes!  You win!

Maple Pecan Muffins

adapted from The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook

makes 12-16 cupcakes

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2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cups sugar

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cup buttermilk

1 egg

1/2 vanilla bean scraped or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

5 Tablespoons browned butter (start with 6 tablespoons and melt it down just over 5 Tablespoons)

3/4 cup maple syrup, divided

1 cup coarsely chopped pecans, plus 12 pecan haves (or the largest pecan pieces of the bunch for topping the muffins)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.  Line a cupcake pan with paper liners and set aside.

In a small saucepan, melt 6 tablespoons of butter over medium flame.  Butter should crackle and foam and then produce little brown bits at the bottom of the pan.  Turn flame to low, scrape brown bits from the bottom of the pan (that’s where all the flavor is hiding) and remove from heat to cook a bit before using.

In a large bowl sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  In a small bowl whisk together buttermilk, egg and vanilla bean or extract.

Add the wet ingredients all at once to the dry ingredients and stir with a large spoon until just incorporated.  Add melted butter and carefully mix until incorporated.  Add the chopped nuts and half of the maple syrup (you can eyeball half of 3/4 cup) and fold until evenly dispersed throughout the batter.

Fill the muffin cups until about two thirds full (I was able to make 16 cupcakes).  Place a large pecan piece on top of each unbaked muffin and drizzle all of the muffins with the remaining maple syrup.

Bake muffins for 20-25 minutes or until a metal skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

Allow to cool in the muffin pan for 10 minutes before removing to serve.

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  1. Abbie

    December 8, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    These are SO heavenly! I used Pamela’s GF baking & pancake mix and replaced the buttermilk with homemade kefir. Worked beautifully! My hubby said they were the best muffins he’s ever had. I’d have to agree :) yum yum!

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  2. Emily

    December 19, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    These look awesome! Any ideas on how I could convert these into cupcakes instead? I’m thinking about turning these into a dessert I can ice for the holidays since my mom bought some new icing tools.

    Reply
  3. Jessica

    September 27, 2010 at 6:35 am

    I have made the original Hummingbird version of these a few times, and they are A-MAZ-ING. The pecan half on top is like a little piece of heaven. Shame that the pecans and maple syrup are so expensive so I can’t afford to make them that often.

    I like to blast a muffin in the microwave for a few seconds and eat it with coffe for breakfast. What, muffins are totally a breakfast food.

    Reply
  4. Kristen

    February 9, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    Just took these out of the oven – they are delicious! Tastes like pancakes with maple syrup…but a little different. Very nice with the brown butter step. I will definitely be making these again! =)

    Reply
  5. Marta

    December 3, 2009 at 9:47 am

    These muffins look amazing! I cannot wait to make them myself. The pictures make my mouth water!

    Reply
  6. funderbug

    November 13, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    Having some friends over on Sunday and these are definitely on the menu!

    Reply
  7. Chelsea

    November 4, 2009 at 12:24 am

    Thanks for the great ideas Joy! My mother, Deanna Glancy, made those Maple Pecan Muffins the other night. Mmmm!

    Reply
    • joythebaker

      November 4, 2009 at 12:45 am

      awesome chelsea! i’m so glad you liked them! your mom is the best!

      Reply
      • Chelsea

        November 6, 2009 at 12:36 am

        I could not agree more Joy! :)

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