Ingredients for - Cantaloupe Muffins with Praline Topping

1. Chopped pecans ¾ cup
2. Brown sugar ½ cup
3. All-purpose flour ½ cup
4. Butter, softened 3 tablespoons
5. White sugar 1 cup
6. Vegetable oil ½ cup
7. Eggs 2
8. Pureed cantaloupe 1 cup
9. Vanilla extract 1 ½ teaspoons
10. All-purpose flour 1 ½ cups
11. Baking powder 2 teaspoons
12. Cinnamon 1 teaspoon
13. Salt ½ teaspoon
14. Finely diced cantaloupe ½ cup
15. Lemon zest, or to taste 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Cantaloupe Muffins with Praline Topping

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 10 jumbo muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

2 . Stage

Mix pecans, brown sugar, 1/2 cup flour, and softened butter together in a bowl until mixture is crumbly.

3 . Stage

Beat 1 cup white 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.

4 . Stage

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.

5 . Stage

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.