cantaloupe muffins with praline topping

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• topping:
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• muffins:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup pureed cantaloupe
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup finely diced cantaloupe
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest, or to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease 10 jumbo muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• mix pecans, brown sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and softened butter together in a bowl until mixture is crumbly.
• beat 1 cup sugar and oil together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. beat pureed cantaloupe and vanilla extract into sugar mixture.
• whisk 1 1/2 cup flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a mixing bowl. stir flour mixture into cantaloupe puree mixture; gently fold in cantaloupe chunks and lemon zest. pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
• bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. remove from oven and sprinkle pecan mixture over the top of each muffin. continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 10 more minutes. cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.