Ahhhhhh. The weather finally got a little cooler this week. Cool enough to even fathom the idea of turning on my oven to do some baking anyway. Its crazy because once the weather turns in the fall, all I can really think about is baking....and it doesn't matter what so long as there's flour, sugar and spice!
Yesterday it was these ginger and pear muffins inspired by the huge heap of pears sitting on my counter. I wasted half of my stash on this crummy pear upside down cake that looked gorgeous but was so dry and dense that I couldn't even finish one whole slice. Bluuuh.
{Yes, yes I do make things that don't always turn out}. The cake was a heckuva lot more appetizing to look at than these muffins, but I can tell guarantee you that what these little nuggets lack in aesthetics, they more than make up for in the flavor department.
I'm pretty sure my kids' teachers will be getting these as a schmooze offering in the next couple of weeks. Make them for someone you love.... or feel the need to establish a favorable repoire with.... or maybe just yourself because you simply cannot get enough of the sweet smell of cinnamon and vanilla baking at 350....