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My friend Danielle made these pecan pie muffins for me and a group of girlfriends over the summer and I fell in love at first bite.  Served warm, they were slightly crisp on the outside and gooey on the inside, just like a pecan pie should be.  I recently made a batch, served a few for dessert with vanilla ice cream and put the rest in the freezer for an on-the-go weekday breakfast option.  I substituted almonds and walnuts in part of the batch because I ran out of pecans and they turned out just as good.

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
Bake for 25 minutes
Yield: 6-8 muffins

Ingredients:
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
1/2 cup flour
2 larges eggs (beaten until foamy)
1/2 cup butter (melted)

Directions:
Mix pecans, brown sugar and flour together is a large bowl
Make a well in the mixture
Whip eggs with a whisk until foamy
Add room temperature melted butter to eggs
Pour liquid mixture into the well in your dry ingredients and mix until just combined
Fill muffin cups almost to the top (muffins do not rise very much in oven)