Cardamom Pear Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup skim milk
4 tablespoons margarine, melted
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped dried pears
1 teaspoon orange zest
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom or 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Preparation

Mix milk, margarine and egg in a medium bowl.
Add flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder and salt, mixing just until moistened.
Gently mix in pears and orange zest.
Spoon batter into 12 greased muffin cups; sprinkle with remaining sugar and cardamom.
Bake at 400 until muffins are browned, about 20-25 minutes.
Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.