Before I made these muffins, I had in mind exactly what I wanted…a moist muffin with a soft crumb, slightly grainy cornmeal texture, vanilla-scented with a slightly caramel-y flavor, and pieces of fresh peach.
Yes, that’s all, lol.
(It’s a girl’s prerogative to want it all, right?)
After a little experimentation, that’s exactly what I got. (Ok, maybe more than a little. Let’s just say, the third time is a charm. ;) )
Brown sugar adds notes of caramel, a hint of warm spices perfectly accentuates the flavor of peach, and vanilla makes these muffins smell like sweet peachy heaven. My favorite part is the contrast in texture between the crispy golden muffin tops, and their soft interior.
If you want a new take on one of summer’s most beloved fruits, these muffins are it!
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons light brown sugar, lightly packed
- ½ cup milk (I used skim)
- ¼ cup canola oil
- 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 large ripe (but not mushy) peach, washed, pitted, and diced small (about 1½ cups diced)
- Preheat oven to 425F; line a muffin tray with paper liners.
- Whisk together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium bowl; set aside.
- Use a handheld electric mixer to beat together the eggs and brown sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the milk, oil, and vanilla.
- Stir the dry ingredients into wet all at once, being careful not to over-mix, and then stir in the diced peach. Let the batter sit for 3 minutes (it will thicken).
- Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pan. Bake until the muffins are golden and a toothpick inserted inside comes out completely clean or with just a couple crumbs, about 15 minutes.
- Cool for 5 to 10 minutes in the tray, and then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Update (July 28, 2014): I made this dish again and perfected the recipe so I updated this post.
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Looks absolute delicious and fab pics …..
Delightful muffins! A perfect afternoon tea treat.
Cheers,
Rosa
This is basically like eating cobbler for breakfast without all the guilt! Absolutely delicious!
Cornmeal seriously works wonders in baked goods. It has such great texture and crunch. Yum! These look delicious. yayy for summer peaches
What a perfectly splendid concoction, Faith. :-) The thought of brown sugar and peaches together just makes me happy. :-)
Oh Faith!
How are u gurl?
I love how ur so focused and knew exactly what u wanted in ur muffin and in sooo good a way , love that texture the cornmeal would bring really!
Amazing breakfast food!
Have to stock on a few of these to much on with my coffee before i head to gym class every morn!
Happy weekend with lodsa sunshine love!
This is one perfectly baked lovely looking peach brown sugar cupcake.. corn meal just works like wonders in baked goodies like such…Excellent..
Looks like you got perfection! They are great looking, what a nice treat for breakfast or just any time!
I love the way you describe those muffins, the texture is simply beautiful.
*kisses* HH
Faith these look beautifully moist inside! Love that picture of the single peach in the bowl with the segment cut out of it too! :)
These look like the perfect coffee time snacks! Or breakfast. I love your photos, and where do you get such beautiful plates and tableware? Absolutely gorgeous!
Mmm, I love baked goods with all brown sugar. So yummy :D And I love the peach. They look delicious and I love the little sprigs of mint in your pictures :D
Gorgeous photos! I can’t wait to make them. Just call me the Muffin Queen – I don’t know that I’d rather have anything else for breakfast. Plus, they travel so well :)
Those are beautiful muffins and I bet they are as tasty as they look!
Your site is changing??? it went through a header change as I flipped to comment.. interesting.
love the muffins with fresh peaches…they are so good right now… why cook them!
Deana, Yes, actually I already changed my site…not sure why the header would change as you were clicking through to comment though.
You’re right, fresh peaches are amazing this time of year…while I do love how their flavor sweetens and intensifies when they’re cooked in things like pies, cobblers, and crisps (and now muffins!), fresh is also my favorite way to enjoy them. :)
Very nice breakfast muffins with beautiful peaches. I am seeing more and more cornmeal in new places, I like that a lot. Adds also such a texture.
Wow! Beautiful pictures,Faith!Those muffins look absolutely delicious..love the cornmeal addition!
Wow these look so good! I have fresh peaches at home too… Lucky me :)
Love the look of your blog!
I’m a peach lover so your muffins look like the perfect breakfast to me;-)
Such a perfect treat for summer with those juicy peaches.
Now THAT looks gorgeous ~ what a perfect bake!The pics are sensational as always!
US Masala
What a gorgeous way to start the day! This looks like a perfect accompaniment to my morning cup of coffee.
These muffins sound wonderful, the texture must be fantastic with the addition of cornmeal, and so delicious with brown sugar too.
Those muffins sound SO good!
And such beautiful pictures–I love how your photography is blossoming and getting better by each post. I’m hoping to buy a new lens soon to improve my quality of pictures! Great job, Faith! :)
I love the combo of brown sugar and peaches! V cool that you used cornmeal too. Bravo! Oh, and I plan to post the cheeseburger pie on Monday. :)
I know I m going to love these coz I LOVE fresh fruits in baking..love the homely look of these muffins! I like the depth of flavor that brown sugar lends in baking- so so addictive & yum!
After commenting , I scrolled up again…And that last picture…Oooooo :) Have a fab day!
Yum they look delicious and moist. I will have to make do with apples for mine as the cold depths of winter will not allow it any other way……..
Beautiful peach muffins! Love the combination of brown sugar and stone fruit.
These look so perfect! Your photos are gorgeous, and that recipe really does sound like it would be the perfect brekkie treat indeed :)
Faith, I know that I am going to love, love, love these!
your muffins looks great …awesome cliks..
Tasty Appetite
Wow…another baking marvel from you, Faith! Love the cute looking peach beauties.
(Check out your mail, faith).
A lovely moist muffin, Faith. I fiddled around with a peach muffin recipe last year and was never happy with the results. I’ll definitely try this…the peaches are so wonderful right now.
Peaches are my favorite :) I also really love corn muffins so I’m sure this is a spectacular combination!
Not too shabby for someone dying of heat exhaustion. The muffins look marvelous and are loaded with fruity goodness.
Two thumbs up!
I’d send you some cool weather but all I have down here is stifling humidity.
Sorry.
These would be perfect to bring to work in the morning with my coffee. I love this idea Faith!
I can tell that these muffins have an excellent crumb! Love all those summer peaches & now we have another great thing to do with them :) Have a great weekend Faith.
These look so pretty, and I love the peaches on the top! They look nice and moist, and I can almost smell them as I look at your pictures! I would love a couple for breakfast right now! :)
Thank you for doing all the hard work and perfecting this recipe to share with us! They look wonderful.
Such sweet little tasty muffins with peach and brown sugar! I like that you used cornmeal too. It’s been too long since I baked up a batch of muffins – I’m inspired!
These look delicious and they’d definitely inspire me to get out of bed a bit earlier to eat breakfast so I could have one! I love that they feel and look like such treats, yet contain some healthiness too.
First off the photo of the peach and mint…just gorgeous! And these muffins are pretty good looking as well :)
another batch with an oh-so-gentle dip, perfect for garnish! this batch is particularly appealing, faith–our peaches are at their peak!
I love peaches. They always have that perfect balance to them, not too sweet and not too bland. These brown sugar peach muffins look so cute and yummy.
looks picture perfect!
Moist peach muffins, looks delicious and perfectly baked.
These were great since they weren’t as sweet! I added more peaches (about 2 cups cut up) and it made them a bit more moist, which I prefer. Great recipe!