Being from the south and being from Texas it is against the unwritten code not to like pecan pie. But I don’t. I do love pecans, I wouldn’t be Texan if I didn’t! There is just too much gooey stuff in the middle. I love the candied pecans on the top of the pie, but not the gunk in the middle. I know some of you (including my dad) love pecan pie! There was a recipe in one of my mom’s old cookbooks she wrote down for me, pecan pie muffins. These are the best thing ever! They taste just like pecan pie with out the gooey part. They are so crunchy like a pecan praline but also so chewy on the inside. These are close to heaven in my book.
Pecan Pie Mini Muffins
Ingredients for Pecan Pie Muffins Recipe
1 cup Chopped Pecans
1 Cup Packed Brown Sugar
1/2 Flour (I used whole wheat and tasted fine)
1 1/3 Sticks of Butter Melted (Learn how to make butter with video)
2 Large Eggs
Mini Muffin Tin
Directions on How to Make Pecan Pie Muffins:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Liberally spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray. This will make one pan of mini muffins (24 mini muffins.)
2. In a bowl combine the dry ingredients of chopped pecans, brown sugar, flour and mix well. Great job for little kitchen helpers.
3. Next, crack and beat the eggs. Once the melted butter is cooled slightly add them to the eggs stirring quickly.
4. Now pour the egg and butter mixture with the dry ingredients.
5. Fill the mini muffin cups until nearly full. There is not any leveling ingredients like baking soda or baking powder, so these little muffins will not rise. 6. Bake in 350 degree oven for about 15-20 minutes for the mini muffins. Mine were done at 20 minutes. If you would like to try the larger muffins bake for an additional five more minutes.
Pecan pie mini muffins taste the best. All the edges are caramelized and the pecans taste candied inside the muffins. So simple to make with so few ingredients. Everyone loved these little pecan pie muffins at my house. These are going on our Thanksgiving menu for this year, since we are hosting Thanksgiving at my house. Find more muffin recipes here.
What is your favorite food to make using pecans?
These look amazing and I love your photos, too!!
Thanks so much for the lovely compliment.
I am so glad that I found this on Thrifty Thursday because I’m in charge of the pecan pie this year and these are way more my speed! Thanks for sharing them. I’m sure they will be a big hit. Plus, they are “pop-able” size so I’m sure that I won’t have half a pie just sitting around the day after thanksgiving. I can see the men folk popping these things without even thinking about it!
Yummo! I am crazy about pecan pie, but i’m the only one in my family who eats it – so I usually end up eating the WHOLE thing. I will probably end up eating all of these muffins too, but their mini, right?
Yes make the mini ones. They taste way better than the larger muffins. You may be surprised, you may have to hide some because they will all be gone.
I enjoy pecan pie so I have a feeling I would love these! Pinning! These would be awesome for Thanksgiving! So glad to have met you at Bloggy Boot Camp in Dallas!
I was so excited to meet you too! These little pecan pie muffins are little bunches of goodness. I know you will love them.
This is such a great Idea! I featured it on my blog today;) http://saraella.com/2013/11/crochet-ribbon-bookmarks.html
Thank you for featuring me. The worst thing about these tiny little muffins, is you can’t stop eating them! yum.
These are a perfect way to use up some pecans! I know you will love this recipe.
These muffins look amazing! Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop! I hope you’ll join us again next week!
Cheers,
Kathy Shea Mormino
The Chicken Chick
http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com
I didn’t have my much used recipe with me and used yours. I should have realized there was way too much butter. They didn’t cook well and stuck to the pan so bad I almost threw them away but I will admit that the “crumbles” tasted good.
Your recipe said 1 1/3 cups of butter when many other recipes I checked (including mine) call for 2/3 cup of butter.
WARNING- be sure and use only 2/3 cup of butter for a perfect muffin.