
I love peaches! Â Their season is far too short in Southern California so I try to make the most of them every year. Â 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. Â The batter, made with brown sugar and spices, creates a perfect base for the sweet peaches. Â These muffins are topped with cinnamon sugar and I think it would be great to sprinkle crushed walnuts on top, too. Â So, if you’re looking for a delicious way to make the most of summer peaches, you can’t go wrong with these muffins. Â They make a large batch, too, so you’ll have plenty to share.


- 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
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Line muffin tins with papers.
- 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.
- In a separate bowl or large measuring cup, beat eggs, vegetable oil, almond extract, and milk together, then stir into dry ingredients.
- Gently stir in the fruit.
- Heap the batter into the cups; they'll be very full. Sprinkle the tops with cinnamon sugar.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven, let cool for 5 minutes on a rack, then remove from pans to finish cooling
Enjoy!

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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.
Yum – love the baking papers, too!
Peaches are amazing while in season, but they are sometimes hard to find here, good ones I mean. Wonderful muffins Susan!
I love these muffins, what a perfect breakfast!