Pear Oatmeal Muffins

Recipes

September 9, 2026

Enjoy these soft, wholesome and lightly sweet muffins, with juicy pears and hearty oats in every bite. Pick your own fresh pears at Lyman Orchards and bring home the perfect fruit for this cozy recipe!

Ingredients

- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- ¼ cup olive oil (or any neutral-tasting oil)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cup fresh diced pears (about 1½ medium pears)

Optional Crunchy Topping:
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon melted butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly spray or grease a muffin tin with oil. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine oats and milk. Let sit 15 minutes.
In a second mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cardamom.
Stir the oil, egg, brown sugar and vanilla into the soaked oat mixture. Add dry ingredients. Stir just until combined. Do not overmix. Gently fold pears into the batter.
Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared muffin tin. (If using the crunchy topping: Stir the butter and sugar until the brown sugar dissolves. Top the muffin batter evenly with the mixture as shown in the photo.)
Bake 18-20 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let the muffins cool in the pan 5 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack. Enjoy these muffins warm or freeze for later.

Recipe source: https://marisamoore.com/pear-oatmeal-muffins/