Peach Cobbler Muffins

Delicious muffins that really do
taste like peach cobbler!

 Ingredients:

cooking oil  or Baker's Secret spray

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/4 (4 tablespoons) butter, melted

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup milk

2 (15 ounce) cans sliced peaches in juice or 1 1/3  cups diced fresh peaches

1 tablespoon flour

2 tablespoons reserved peach juice or cream (juice if using canned peaches, cream or more milk if using fresh peaches)

Topping:

1/4 cup cold butter, cut into small cubes

1/3 cup flour

1/3 cup sugar

Method:

Preheat oven to 375*. Grease 12 muffin pan sections with the cooking oil spray. (I used a silicone muffin pan.) 

Sift together 1 cup of flour, salt, baking power and sugar. Set aside.

If using canned peaches, drain well and reserve 2 tablespoons of the juice.**

Add the eggs, melted butter, vanilla, milk and juice (or cream) into a large bowl. Whisk to blend together. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and stir gently to combine. (Be careful not to over mix ~ the muffin texture will be dense if you do.)

Dice the peaches into very small pieces. (Large pieces will weigh down the batter and add too much moisture.) Stir 1 tablespoon of flour into 1 cup of diced peaches. Set aside 1/3 cup of diced peaches.**

Carefully fold the 1 cup of peaches into the muffin batter. Dive the batter evenly between the 12 muffin cups. Using the 1/3 cup of diced peaches, sprinkle 1 teaspoon of diced peaches over the top of  each portion of the muffin batter. 

Prepare the topping by mixing the butter, flour and sugar in a small bowl. Use a pastry blender, 2 knives or a fork to cut the butter into the dry ingredients.  Sprinkle over the muffin batter.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the muffin pan for 5 minutes before remove to a cooling rack. Makes 12 muffins.

**If you use canned peaches, you will have leftover fruit and juice. I saved the leftover juice to add to a smoothie. I froze 1 inch chunks of the fruit to also add to smoothies. Leftover fruit also mixes nicely with cottage cheese, fruit or on top of waffles.

Note: These delicious muffins are perfect with breakfast, brunch, coffee & tea, or dessert and really do taste like peach cobbler!