October 26, 2017 | 120 Comments

Pecan Pie Muffins

Name: Pecan Pie Muffins
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 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)

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I first posted this recipe 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 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 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 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!