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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> Canadian >> Canadian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Grease 20 deep muffin tins or use paper cases. | 2. Spread pecans on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 5 minutes. When cool, chop coarsely and set aside. | 3. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside. | 4. In a large mixing bowl, combine caster sugar, light brown sugar, maple syrup and butter. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. | 5. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating to incorporate thoroughly after each addition. | 6. Pour half the buttermilk and half the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, then stir until blended. Repeat with the remaining buttermilk and dry ingredients. | 7. Fold in the chopped pecans. Fill the prepared cups two-thirds full. Top each muffin with 3 pecan halves. For even baking, half-fill any empty cups with water. | 8. Bake 350°F / 180°C for 20-30 minutes (mine needed nearly 30mins). Let stand 5 minutes before unmolding. | 9. VARIATION:. | 10. For Pecan Spice Muffins, substitute an equal quantity of golden syrup for the maple syrup. Increase the cinnamon to 1/2 tsp, and add 1 tsp ground ginger and 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg, sifted with the dry ingredients. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pecan	6	ounces		702.5004	131.655	14.4582	14.7984
flour	12	ounces		1245.1097	272.5974	20.2415	4.8308
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
bicarbonate soda	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	1/4	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
caster sugar	3 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
brown sugar	2 1/2	1/2		2090.0	539.495	0.66	0.0
maple syrup	3	tablespoons		156.0	40.224000000000004	0.024	0.036000000000000004
butter	5	ounces		807.975	37.1243	25.2457	68.04
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
buttermilk	1/2			-	-	-	-
pecan half	60			-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.