Pecan Pie Muffins
Pecan Pie Muffins are a mix between a pie and a muffin. They have a muffin texture with a soft gooey inside like a mini Southern pecan pie. This recipe is one of the highest used recipes during the fall especially for Thanksgiving!
PECAN PIE MUFFINS
For a second, I had the idea of giving you guys a beautiful step by step tutorial on how to make the perfect Thanksgiving turkey. But quite frankly making a turkey is something I do once a year and I don’t have enough motivation to do it more than that.
The actual process of making a turkey isn’t that hard but if you screw up the bird, Thanksgiving is ruined. In my nightmare, I imagine everyone sitting around a huge table staring sadly at their empty plates and then at me.
Sooooo, instead I’m sharing some Pecan Pie Muffins that a reader Tammy sent me a long time ago. I want to call these Puffins because they’re pie/muffins. I felt like they were more pie than muffin but my husband felt the opposite.
These Pecan Pie Muffins are super easy to throw together with only five ingredients. Tammy swears if you just under-bake them, they really taste like a pecan pie and she’s right. They have crispy chewy edges and a soft gooey center. If you’re scared of butter you should just walk away now. Just sayin’. The only way you can screw these up is to not properly grease your pan. Baker’s Joy spray works really well here.
HOW TO MAKE PECAN PIE MUFFINS
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease mini or regular muffin cups generously.
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In a medium bowl, beat the butter and eggs together. Pecans should be about this size.
- Stir in brown sugar, flour and pecans.
- Stir in dry ingredients just until combined.
- Spoon batter into muffin cups about 2/3 full. Bake for 12-13 minutes for mini muffins or 15-17 minutes for regular size muffins.
- Run a knife around the edge of each muffin and pop it out.
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THANKSGIVING RECIPES
- Classic Stuffing Recipe
- Green Bean Casserole
- Twice Baked Potatoes
- Heavenly Green Beans
- Scalloped Potatoes
- Corn Souffle
- Ruth’s Chris Sweet Potatoes
- Lion House Rolls
- Cranberry Sauce
OTHER PIE RECIPES
- Banana Cream Pie
- Peanut Butter Pie
- S’mores Pie
- Cherry Cheese Pie
- Boston Cream Pie
- Lemon Pie
- Peaches and Cream Pie
- Turtle Pie
- Nacho Pot Pie
- Pecan Pie Bars
Pecan Pie Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- 2/3 cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs, beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease mini or regular muffin cups generously. Grease them well or they will stick. In medium bowl, stir together brown sugar, flour and pecans. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and eggs together. Stir in dry ingredients just until combined.
- Spoon batter into muffin cups about 2/3 full. Bake for 12-13 minutes for mini muffins or 15-17 minutes for regular size muffins. Run a knife around the edge of each muffin and pop it out.
Could not get them out of paper muffin cups. Tried another batch in muffin tins and sprayed them…did better but some had trouble still com I g out. I love the taste and want to try again….can you put them in a square casserole and bake like that and then cut in squares
In spite if generously greasing with Pam, the muffins stuck to my mini muffin pan which is not non-stick. Then I tried greasing the pan with Bakers Joy which has flour in it. Success!
These are delicious!
They are good but almost impossible to get out of the muffin tin without breaking apart. I did add some vanilla to the recipe because everything is better with vanilla.
I made these as one of the selections on the Grooms Table at my son’s wedding. The only improvement I would suggest is a name change. These little guys should promoted to pecan tarts!
I agree
Best things we ever ate! Family loved them.
Thank you!
Wow these are really good. I used muffin papers and they came out without sticking,
The flavor is just like pecan pie but w/o the corn syrup.Â
Very good!
Thank you!
This is my weekend treat to myself when I feel lazy and just want to bake something… rich and very yummy yet I still dunno how to get the gooey inner but overall the bomb.com
Thank you!
I made these and they came out perfect. Had to cook a little longer as I was cooking in my rv oven but they came out perfect. Great flavors
Thank yoU!