Pecan Pie Muffins
Submitted by Christy Jordan on Monday, October 6, 200851 Comments
I hope my mother doesn’t read this post anytime soon. See, she has this cookbook that she uses. She has used it for years and years. She writes everything down in it and pulls it down for just about every meal she makes.
Well, I’m writing a food site now and as you can imagine, I wanted a good long gander at that cookbook. So, I finally talked her into letting me borrow it one weekend while she was going out of town on a quilting retreat. I had to basically swear on my life and the beloved memory of Howdy Doody that no harm would befall it. So I did – and I got it (and I still haven’t given it back!).
Now folks, my mother is a note taker, a serious note taker. She has this insane need to write down everything. This was handy as a child because there was ALWAYS a notebook somewhere in the house that had a page with your name on it and beneath that, every blessed thing you were getting for Christmas, right down to the stocking stuffers! This is also handy because thanks to this insane need of hers, I know all about this recipe!
This recipe is one that has long been talked about among Mama’s quilting group. Susie, one of our absolute favorite Yankees who mistakenly let it slip once that she and her husband used to refer to us as “magnolia mouths” in private – which we thought was a pretty darn cool term and have loved her ever since, is the one who introduced us to the wonders of a pecan pie muffin.
Oh, another sidenote (because you know how I love sidenotes), Susie is the absolute, end all, cleanest and most organized person on earth. Seriously. Martha Stewart would cower in shame if she saw Susie’s house. It is decorated perfectly and always looks like a Southern Living showroom, right down to the fresh flowers. Whats more, its always like that! You can drop in any time of day, any day of the year to find Susie’s house miraculously looking even better than it did the last time you saw it. I have no idea how she does it. However, I do know that I am absolutely not capable in any capacity of being the housekeeper that she is.
BUT
I can make her muffins and if I try, I bet I can even say her husband’s name with that cute accent of hers….”Baab” (Bob).
You will need: Brown sugar, all purpose flour, eggs, butter, and pecans. I used dark brown sugar because I wanted a stronger flavor but you can use light or dark, whichever you prefer or have on hand.
Place brown sugar and flour in a bowl.
Stir well.
Meet my new baby. This is my Hamilton Beach Big Mouth Food Processor.
Until I got this, I had NEVER owned or even used a food processor!!!
Now, its like..I AM CANYON MAN! WATCH ME PRESS MY BUTTON AS PECANS YIELD TO MY EVERY DESIRE!
I LOVE MY FOOD PROCESSOR! I JUST got this so this is only the second time I have used it. I am going to do a tutorial on the amazing marmalade I made with it the first time I used it soon.
The opening is the largest available for commercial use – you can stick whole potatoes and tomatoes right in that thing! The cool thing is, Every part (except the base, of course) is DISHWASHER SAFE!
Its love, I swear, its love.
Oh, yeah, chop your pecans in that last step. Did you guess that I used my new food processor?
Add those to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Beat your eggs until foamy.
Pour in melted butter and stir to mix.
Make a well in the center of dry ingredients (this means just dig out a spot in the center) and pour liquid into bowl.
Mix all of that up until just moistened. Look at that! It smells and tastes like pecan pie at this point. I knew I was in for trouble when these puppies came out of the oven!
Grease your muffin tin well (I used cooking spray) and if you use muffin papers, you still need to spray them. Fill cups 2/3 full and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until done.
Ring the bell and watch the stampede. Oh my goodness, were these ever good! If you want something different in a muffin, if you want a real treat, if you want to pamper yourself, EAT THESE!
Pecan Pie Muffins
1 C chopped pecans
1 C brown sugar
1/2 C plain flour
2 eggs
1/2 C butter or margarine, melted
Combine first three ingredients in a large bowl, make a well in the center of the mixture. Beat eggs until foamy. Stir together eggs and butter; add to dry ingredients, stirring until just moistened.
Place baking cups in muffins pans and coat with cooking spray. Spoon batter into cups, filling 2/3’s full. Bake at 350 for twenty to twenty five minutes or until done. remove from pans immediately. Yields: 9 muffins.
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Christy,
Are these the muffins you brought to Breakin’ Bread? These are awesome. I know I’m a bad mom….boo, hiss, but I wouldn’t even share with Matt and the kids. These are divine! In fact, I think this is the first recipe of yours I’ve tasted other than the apple dapple cake. I can’t even describe how wonderful these are. Ya know, if you are a true friend, you would have brought me a dozen.
By the way, if you get to go to Diney on Ice with us, I’ll cook for you. But you gotta promise not to judge.
Misty
LOL Hey Misty! These ARE the muffins I brought you! I would have brought you more but I you actually got the ones in the photograph! I took the pic, then hid them in the pantry so they wouldn’t get eaten. They are the only ones that were left when I got ready to leave because of that very reason!
EVERYONE is a great cook!! I truly believe that!!! And anytime someone goes to the trouble of cooking FOR me, they automatically get a blue ribbon
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Hey Everyone! I’ve had a very busy weekend so am behind on emails and comments but I have set aside tomorrow to catch up! Thank you all so much for taking the time to read and please keep those comments coming, I LOVE THEM!!!
I have really exciting news coming for Southern Plate at the end of the month, its all I can do to wait until then to tell you! Stay tuned!
Ok Christy i didnt get any of those muffins
I only wish i lived close enough to drop of or recieve some goodies girl we would be fat as a house Ü. I guess I am going to have to make this recipe and just find out how divine they really are. Pecan Pie is one of my favorite pies. Girl I am gonna get so fat making all these recipes. I am making the punch bowl cake this week for my Sister in Law I am so excited.
I wish you lived here, too!!! For one thing, we’d have a heck of a lot of fun. For another, I NEED MORE PEOPLE TO FEED ALL OF THIS FOOD TO!!!!
LOL
These are just marvelous, I do hope you try them. They are also pert darn easy!
I was ready to eat this when I saw the batter!
Deanna I know JUST what you mean! The batter undid me! I tasted of it (like any self respecting cook would do!) and whoa! It was one of those grip-the-counter-to-keep-from-falling-down moments!!!
Those look really good! What kind of texture do these have? Crumbly like muffins, gooey like pecan pie, or some sort of chewy combination?
My husbands grandmother makes these! She does them in mini muffin tins and even has the recipe photocopied to hand out because people always ask the for the recipe. They’re great for giving at Christmas and I plan on making some soon. YUM!
Ohhhh nice! My honey will love these… he adores pecan pie
Thanks!
Oh boy, I can hardly wait to make these! We have just moved here and these sound like they would be a great way to make good neighbor friends! Thanks for your recipes!
Hey Stephanie! I’m trying to think of how to describe the texture…
If you cut it in half, it would look just like a regular muffin. However, they are a bit moister and denser than regular muffins. Does that help? Sorry, had brain block on that one!
I’ll be back soon to reply to the rest of the great comments! thank you all!
Pecan pie is my husband’s absolute favorit kind of pie! I’ll bet these would be a huge hit at our house, especially on Saturday mornings, when he is actually home to eat breakfast. Yum!
Christy YUM
can you bring me some muffins too?
Christy I was a little skeptical on the muffins. I thought do they really taste like pecan pie!!!! Well yeah they do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just took a batch out of the oven and they are so so good. I cant wait to blog about them giving you all the credit of course. These muffins will be a great addition to my fall goodie baskets. My Mother in Law is gonna flip Ü
ooooh! I’d like to try these since I love pecan pie and muffins are always good!
Alice
I just need to make these! My Sunday School class would appreciate them!
Christy,
I am in Southern California and I can’t find WhiteLily flour.
Oh my! what to do? Please help
Hey Y’all!! I’m so glad you are liking these as much as I do!!!
Taylor, the solution is easy! Just move to the south!!
hehe
Oh alright, I suppose you would wanna stay since y’all got all of that lovely citrus fruit…
The other option is to just buy a bag of plain bleached flour. We are kind of attached to our White Lily brand but any other will work just fine !
So glad to have you here, let me know if you have any more questions!
Christy
Christy,
I was checking out the Pecan Pie Muffin recipe & want to know if walnuts can be used if that's all I have.
Since I discovered your site all I want to do is cook & I never have any of the ingredients.
I guess the best bet is to get to the market! PRONTO!!!
These muffins are very delicious!! This is definitely a recipe that I will make over and over again.
Your table is BEAUTIFUL. Made me wish i was a closer “neighbor”. Tomorrow friends are coming over to ’sit ‘n’ knit’ and will have the Pecan Muffins for a treat. Thank you (and your family) for providing this marvelous newsletter.
Hope this post can go through. You do a wonderful job. I want to go into my kitchen right now and make these pecan pie muffins.
Congrats on the honor you have just received.
Keep up the wonderful works you do.
I can’t wait to make these as gifts my kid’s teachers. One is in high school and the other is in middle school and they have 7 teachers each! This will be great! Any idea on something small to go with them??
Re: WHITE LILY flour. Surfas (on Washington & National ) used to sell White Lily but discontinued it. I have asked them to please stock it again, so if more of us ask they may do so. It was a bit expensive considering that it is only about $2.00 in the south, but if I ran out I could always get some.
My sister brings me White Lily flour every time she visits from Nashville. I do not bake with anything but White Lily.
Those muffins sure look delish!
omg….you are the “other woman”! HA My hisband Gumby is always asking if there is something new up on the board/email. Total pecan fan….so I will give this a try over the Thanksgiving holidays. You rock in our book. Blessings@!!!!!!!!!!
Mixes are my life saver…I have 2 cook books of mixes…& adding these great ones to it….I have a food budget of under $40….& live alone..spend my time making mixes & eating like a royal queen…your site is great.
This is exactly what I have been looking for. I know firsthand how delicious these are. We made the muffins and they are great. Now a way to share with friends and family by gifting the mix. thank you again Christy.
Oh, yum! Definitely trying these soon. Thanks!
Ok, these look awesome! Pecan pie is my favorite, so im bettin these muffins will be my favorite muffins. I am definately gonna be tryin them! I so love your blog =)
I can’t wait to try this…and I’m going to let my grandyounguns make these up into ‘Goodie Mixes’ as they call them. Thanks for sharing, Christy!!
I made these for an ornament party I attended last night. They were a hit! Thanks Christy
These were delicious!!! Thank you. I am going to do the gift thing that you did too!
I am baking these right now as I type! I tasted the batter and OMG! They are to die for!!! I’m making them for church fellowship tonight, I’m sure they will go over pretty well, if they don’t I’ll just bring them home and eat them all up and gain 50 pounds! ^_^
Thanks, keep up the good work!
Vickie-Louisiana
Okay, these were amazing!! :::smiles::: I shared them with my online friends and family. Nearly everyone made them for Easter or since. Every review was awesome!! Thanks Christy. I LOVE pecan pie but no one will eat it here but me. This is my new solution….so I don’t sit here with a whole pie staring at me!! Thanks a bunch girl!! Shelly
These are just like AMAZING little pecan pies in the shape of a muffin. Too easy to be this good. I just took them outta my oven, took a bite of muffin……fainted dead away. When I came to, I put a bit of butter on ‘em………fainted again. Thanks “Christy’s mama’s cookbook”…..where ever you are.
O.k. so I have three bags of frozen pecans from our last visit to GA
and I have a M.O.P.S. meeting coming up, we are doing breakfast treats so coffee and muffins..OOOh ya. I am so glad I found your site and I’m always sharing it with my friends and new friends thanks so much for all your great receipes.
WAAAAH! I so miss my pecans. Pecan pie was always my favorite pie to make. I made it as a teen for the Youth Fair and it was up for Best of Show (It got to warm and started run before they got around to judging.) I made it for fundraisers at church and the same man always bought it. He as me where the pecan pie was at my parent’s 50th Wedding Anniversary party last weekend. Unfortunately, my son has nut allergies and I try to keep a nut-free kitchen. Maybe one day, he’ll grow out of it and I can introduce him to a Southern favorite. I’ll know where to find this when I need it.
These are great. I used Splenda brown sugar (1/2 the amount) and self-rising flour(the only kind I have). My recipe called for toasted pecans, but I think they will do fine plain. I love pecan pie and these are the next best thing.
Oh my gracious! I can smell them, and I haven’t even made them yet : )
These are absolutely awesome. Will definitely make these for the next church potluck. Thank you so much for all the amazing recipes. We are all going to get fat.
Christy,
these muffins looks amazingly good!!! I love pecan pie and already baked yours, everyone loved it!
I have one question…you do not use baking powder on the muffins?
Thanks and have a great day!
Verena
http://mangiachetefabene.wordpress.com
(Brazil)
So glad to find your recipe for pecan-pie-muffins and will make this weekend and share with the neighbors(maybe). This means I will save half the batch for me to savour at my lesiure. I usually have a batch of pecans in the freezer, so I am all set to go. Thanks!
I have this exact same recipe and been cooking many, many batches each year (thanks to our 7 pecan trees in our yard). Everyone is soo amazed at how simple the recipe is and the wonderful taste. They don’t last long at our house.
Thanks for sharing all of your family recipes and stories. You now have several more followers since I’ve been telling everyone at work about Southern Plate.
These are the most delicious muffins I’ve ever eaten and they have to be hidden if you want to eat any….else, if you don’t hide them, they WILL be gone when you check the plate the next time you’re near it.
For them to be so simple and easy to make, they taste like a million dollars, should be called Million Dollar Pecan Pie Muffins, but hey! These are beyond description, but they are amazinly tasty, just like pecan pie!
OH MY GOSH! I am not a big pecan pie fan but these muffins are great. I made a single batch this past Saturday & I licked the bowl clean! My husband got up right as I was taking them out of the oven & after smothering his in butter, he told me that I could make thses any time. I made up 2 more batches & took some to my parents. After just one bit, my dad told my mom that they were not any good & she shouldn’t eat one. He has asked me to cook some tonight while we are at their house for dinner. Thanks for the easy recipe!
Hey Christy! I just had to tell you that last night for dinner I made the Country Casserole. My picky eaters (my daddy, 9 year old son, & 5 year old daughter) really liked it. They told me I could make it again. I also made another batch of the muffins. I had them ready to go in the oven as soon as we sat down to dinner. After I got them out of the oven & placed them on the cooling rack everyone was finished eating. I sat them in the middle of the kitchen table. I looked over & my daddy had one already in his hands splitting it open & smothering it with butter. All he could do was roll his eyes & nod his head. The next thing I know my husband had gotten the vanilla ice cream out. He had put the ice cream on the muffin. After eating one smothered in butter & the other drowning in ice cream, he still is not sure which he liked better. Out of 18 muffins, I think we only had about 10 left. My daddy told me that I could make these anytime I wanted.
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HELP! I’ve made these Pecan PIe Muffins and I can’t stop!!!
No kidding, I even eat the dough before it’s cooked, it’s just addictive, whether it’s cooked, raw, hot to room temperature, to refrigerated and cool….my friends are in the same sad shape and we’re outgrowing our clothes!
Just kidding, but not by much, this is a wonderful recipe and you can make it dressed up by adding frostings, which it doesn’t need, or served plain, which is our favorite.
I don’t know to thank you or not for this recipe, I have to at least triple each batch, 9 muffins won’t last until their cooled.
I do love your recipes, so easy and delightful to serve in a formal setting or to a group of friends just sitting around the kitchen table comparing cookbooks.
Your site has quickly become our most favorite site, and you’ve become a member of the family.
May God bless you and yours.
Christy,
I’ve found a recipe called Pecan Pie Sticks, which sounds like this recipe, with a few changes. Is Pecan Pie Muffins able to be cooked by making pecan sticks? The dough is spread on a jelly roll pan and brushed with a egg white mixture. What will happen if I just spread this muffin mix on a broad cookie sheet and cook until done? The dough is cut into strips while it is still warm, otherwise it will break into pieces when cut.
I don’t want to waste my delicious Pecan Pie Muffins by spreading it on a large cookie sheet and it not work…..
I have a friend that makes these in a mini-muffin pan. They are just one or two bites and absolutely delicious. She always brings these when our professional organization has an event where there are snacks. Yummy!