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Spiced Peach Muffins

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Big, beautiful, delicious muffins studded with peaches!
Big, beautiful, delicious muffins studded with peaches!

I love peaches!  Their season is far too short in Southern California so I try to make the most of them every year.  David Lebovitz’s Peach Ice Cream is one of the best ways to enjoy them but since we can’t eat ice cream for breakfast (well, I suppose we could…), I decided to try these luscious muffins from King Arthur Flour.  The batter, made with brown sugar and spices, creates a perfect base for the sweet peaches.  These muffins are topped with cinnamon sugar and I think it would be great to sprinkle crushed walnuts on top, too.  So, if you’re looking for a delicious way to make the most of summer peaches, you can’t go wrong with these muffins.  They make a large batch, too, so you’ll have plenty to share.

Enough to share!
Enough to share!
Spiced Peach Muffins
 
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Serves: 16
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Ingredients
  • 4½ cups (19 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4½ teaspoons (3/4 ounce) baking powder
  • 2 cups (16 ounces) dark brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup (5¼ ounces) vegetable oil
  • 1¼ cups (10 ounces) milk
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract (my addition)
  • 3 large peaches, peeled and diced, or 3 cups small whole berries or other fruit, diced
  • Cinnamon sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Line muffin tins with papers.
  3. Combine the flour, salt, baking powder, brown sugar, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Whisk until brown sugar is evenly distributed and there are no lumps.
  4. In a separate bowl or large measuring cup, beat eggs, vegetable oil, almond extract, and milk together, then stir into dry ingredients.
  5. Gently stir in the fruit.
  6. Heap the batter into the cups; they'll be very full. Sprinkle the tops with cinnamon sugar.
  7. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
  8. Remove from the oven, let cool for 5 minutes on a rack, then remove from pans to finish cooling

Enjoy!

A bunch of noisy sea lions in Channel Islands Harbor.
A bunch of noisy sea lions in Channel Islands Harbor.

 

 

Comments

  1. mary h hirsch says

    Susan, I was at the farmers market today and got one dozen peaches that are all ripe and ready to eat. So I will be doing all kinds of cooking tomorrow. These muffins will fit in perfectly with my plan. They look delicious. Thank you King Arthur and Susan Lester.