I first posted this recipe for Pecan Pie Muffins back in October of 2008. It’s been a family favorite for quite a long time! I came back and updated the photos in October of 2017. Hope you get to make it soon!
These decadently rich Pecan Pie Muffins have all the flavors and smells of a freshly baked Pecan Pie in muffin form. They are a beloved fall treat and perfect for breakfast, coffee breaks, church potlucks, or any other excuse you can come up with to make them!
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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 for Pecan Pie Muffins 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 pecan pie 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 use dark brown sugar because I like a stronger flavor but you can use light or dark, whichever you prefer or have on hand.
Place Brown Sugar, Flour, and chopped Pecans in a bowl. Stir this up until it’s mixed up good.
Beat eggs in a bowl with a wire whisk until just foamy. Stir in cooled butter and beat again to combine.
Make sure your butter is melted and cooled. We don’t want it hot enough to cook the eggs.
Pour the butter and egg mixture into your dry mixture. Mix all of that up with a spoon until just moistened.
Look at that! It smells and tastes like pecan pie at this point.
Grease your muffin tin well (I used cooking spray) and if you use muffin papers, you still need to spray them.
Make sure you don’t skip this step and note that you are spraying either the tin OR the papers, whatever you use has to be sprayed.
Fill cups 2/3 full and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until done.
OOOh how pretty!
Ring the bell and watch the stampede. Oh my goodness, are 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!
Printable recipe below!
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 9 muffins
Ingredients
- 1 Cup chopped pecans
- 1 Cup brown sugar
- 1/2 Cup all purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 Cup butter or margarine melted
Instructions
- Combine first three ingredients in a large bowl and stir to combine.
- 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 full.
- Bake at 350 for twenty to twenty five minutes or until done. remove from pans immediately.
Notes
Note that you are spraying either the tin OR the papers with cooking spray before adding your batter, whatever you use has to be sprayed.
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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
These muffins are amazing! They are so easy yet so delicious. Even my picky husband loved them! My kids keep asking me to make them again. I am going to make these instead of a pecan pie on Thanksgiving. Thank you for another great recipe!
I am so glad to hear that the whole family enjoyed them Mary!!! Thank you so much for giving them a try and coming back to let me know!!
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 :).
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!
Has anyone made these using gluten free flour?
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 🙂
Anyone tried this with almond flour?
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 =)