Pecan Pie Muffins with just 6 ingredients are the easiest sweet treat on your dessert table all holiday season long. And they’re even better the next day!
Pecan Pie Muffins are one of my absolute favorite, go to recipes I used to use for clients during the holidays. Every year I’d give my clients holiday gifts or birthday gifts and one of my go to’s was this recipe. Why? Because it is the kind of recipe NO ONE would guess is so easy to make.
This recipe along with others this year is sponsored by Mountain Rose Herbs. They’re a company who prides themselves on providing the best spices and herbs you’re going to buy and they care.
From their site:
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They’re the perfect partner for Dinner, then Dessert. They sell all your basic herbs and spices along with a long list of them you’ve never considered. I can without reservation tell you they’ve sent me the best herbs and spices I’ve ever used.
Plus, they didn’t even ask me to tell you guys any of that. They have only ever said, “say anything you’d like or feel” and for months I’ve just mentioned the ingredients I’ve used. But you all know how I am about companies and products I love. I never stop talking about them or linking to them!
Okay back to the task at hand.
Why are these Pecan Pie Muffins so special? Well, for one there is a tiny amount of flour and flax meal in them. This makes the muffin dense. I know you’re confused about why that is something to want probably? Well, it has the consistency of pecan pie filling with the tiniest amount of “muffin” in the mix.
PLUS, when you leave this for a day in a covered container, all the butter and brown sugar overwhelm the small amount of flour and flax meal and make it EVEN MORE decadent.
Yes, this is decadent, there is no way around it. But we do add a 1/2 cup of flax meal to the muffins which pumps up both the pecan pie flavor and the chewy texture while adding in some awesome Omega-3s. Never thought you’d be looking at dessert for your Omega-3s did you?
Some notes about this recipe?
- I do NOT cream the butter. The little streaks of butter I tell you to leave make a more pecan pie like texture. I find if you cream the butter it turns into a spongier cake.
- I even refrigerate before baking if I am doing a bunch of batches.
- If you have the patience, wait until the next day to serve. It will be even more caramel like in flavor.
- If you want warm reheat for 5 seconds in a microwave, it’ll taste like a cross between pecan pie and a sticky bun.
- I remove the muffins from the tin before they cool (very carefully) because if they cool they may stick to the pan even if you’ve sprayed it.
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Yield: 12 muffins
Pecan Pie Muffins
Prep:5 minutes
Cook:20 minutes
Total Time:25 minutes
Pecan Pie Muffins with just 6 ingredients are the easiest sweet treat on your dessert table all holiday season long. And they’re even better the next day!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup flax meal
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup butter, cut into small cubes
- 24 pecan halves
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray the muffin tins with oil or baking spray or add liners.
- Add all but the butter into the stand mixer.
- Mix until eggs are just incorporated.
- Add the butter and mix until some streaks remain but its about half incorporated.
- Scoop into muffin tins and top with two pecan halves.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes.
