Glazed Pear/Apple Muffins

for those doing weight watchers or my Strollerfriends looking for a healthy breakfast or snack here is a great recipe my mom sent me.

Glazed Pear/Apple Muffins - 3 points

2 sprays of cooking spray
2 large pears-ripe, Bosc with skin or apples, ripe with skin
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup sour cream
1 large egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup skim milk
1 cup wheat flour, 1 cup all purpose flour (can use 2 cups all purpose flour, pts the same)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder

preheat oven 375 degrees

coat a 12 hole muffin tin with cooking spray
core and chop pears (apples) into tiny cubes, place in a large bowl. add cinnamon, sugar and lemon juice and set aside

in a small bowl whick sour cream, beaten egg, vanilla, and milk, set aside.

in a large bowl sift flour, baking powder and baking soda. Make a well in the center of the flour mix and pour sour cream a small amount of the sour cream mix into the well and incorporate. then repeat with the fuit mix and keep repeating til all incoprporated. Mix until barely blended. Mix will be thick, do not overmix.

Drop batter into muffin tin, 2/3 full. Bake until golden, about 3-35 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes. Remove from tin onto a rack to complete cooling.

Glaze-

1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
3 tsp warm water

mix all ingredients in a small bowl (if glaze is too thick add a little more warm water)

spread a thin layer of glaze over the muffins, or dip warm muffins in glaze.

Makes 12 muffins - 3 points each, mini muffins of 48 are 1 point a piece.