Vegan Spiced Pear Muffin for one

Happy Halloween!! Here’s a healthy way to start out your sugary day!
I love making single-serving desserts because I know that it forces self-control. No matter how good the end result is, once it’s gone, it’s gone! Gluttony just got served 🙂 If you eat breakfast with a mate, though, feel free to double the recipe.
I know that the special ingredient of the season is pumpkin, but let’s not forget about all the other fall flavors that make this season so wonderful. To me, that means pears! I love pears, but always tend to forget about them until fall rolls around…then I can’t get enough of them.

To kick off this recipe, start by coring a pear, sprinkling it with cinnamon, allspice, and sweetener (I use Splenda), then wrap it up in foil and bake it in the oven at 350 degrees F for about 20 min. This starts softening the pear and infuses it with warm pie-like flavors. Mmmm…
Now, you’ll only use a tiny bit of your baked pear for this muffin, so feel free to eat the rest later as dessert. Yup, I just gave you breakfast and dessert in one-fowl-swoop! You’re welcome 🙂

*I just recently was given the blessing of an opportunity to try WholeSoy soy yogurt.

The vanilla tastes, to me, like a cross between vanilla pudding and graham crackers! Mmm so good. It bakes well into this recipe because vanilla and pears go so well together. Ordinarily, though, I would recommend baking with plain flavored yogurt…and luckily WholeSoy makes and unsweetened plain version which is perfect for baking! All this said, I am going to do a giveaway of WholeSoy yogurt tomorrow!! So check in tomorrow and you can find out how to win free WholeSoy yogurt!