Pecan Pie Muffins

Excuse the interruption - I just had to take a commercial break from all of the Savannah posts to hit you with some Savannah-inspired muffins!

These five-ingredient muffins shouldn't even be called muffins - they're more like pecan sugar bombs. But quite frankly, I'm sick of the healthiness that's taken over this blog (and my life) and sometimes you just need some butter and sugar coursing through your veins. :)

And these guys take about 30 minutes from start to finish!

Thanks Trisha Yearwood for the recipe - they're a new go-to, coworker approved (I actually only got a bite out of one - they went so quickly)! 

You Will Need:

1 1/3 stick butter, melted

1 cup pecans, chopped coarsely 

1 cup brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

2 large eggs

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line a cupcake pan with 9 cupcake liners (unfortunately this recipe only makes nine at a time) and spray with a non-stick spray (this is essential!).

Melt butter and set aside while preparing the dry ingredients. 

In a medium sized bowl, combine pecans, brown sugar, and flour. 

In a separate bowl, whisk eggs until foamy and add butter. Whisk to combine. 

Create a well in the middle of the flour mixture and slowly add the egg mixture while stirring until evenly moistened.

The batter will look positively lickable - resist the urge to do this.

Scoop the batter into the cupcake liners (don't be worried about overflow-age - since they don't have baking powder or baking soda in them they won't expand too much in the oven). 

Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the muffin. 

See what I mean? I would like to swim in a vat of this stuff if I could...

Don't be afraid! Fill them right to the top!

And I would have posted a photo of the finished product for you, but they're all gone! :( I guess there were only nine of them. They're just like a pecan pie - a nice little crust on the outside, soft and even a little gooey on the inside. 

A nice little reminder that Fall is just around the corner! Then it will be a few glorious months of endless pecans and pumpkins and everything that I love about living in Virginia this time of year!

If you make a miniature version using a mini cupcake pan and smaller liners, just shorten the bake time to 10 minutes and add more time if needed!