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Peach Brown Sugar Muffins

By on September 23, 2013

I’m not sure how it started.

It might have been when we moved into an apartment building.

This apartment did not have underground parking. Only street parking. If you were lucky, you got the coveted parking spot right outside the building. If not, you could end up walking a few blocks.

It might have been that the apartment was also only three blocks away from the grocery store. In a very urban setting, the grocery store has a small parking lot. Sometimes you wait for 15 minutes for a spot. Well in that length of time, I’ve walked and am almost ready to pay for my groceries.

The fridge in that apartment was also small. Not a bar fridge, but a mini version or a regular size fridge. It really didn’t hold a lot.

I got into the habit of going to the grocery store, every day, or every other day. Buying only what we needed to get us through a few meals.

Now, living in a different location, where my fridge is a regular size and my parking at my door step, the only time my fridge looks “full” is after a trip to Costco.

One of the benefits to having a half empty fridge, is that I rarely throw out food.

I buy fruit for the days ahead, but often only buy veggies as I need them. Inevitably, the items I buy to complete a meal don’t get eaten because of an unplanned meeting, or event at school, or just the urge to get take out instead.

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Believe it or not, but there is enough food in my fridge to make dinner (a soup) tomorrow night, as well as breakfast for the next two days. The chicken will likely be used on Tuesday or Wednesday. How, I’m not too sure, it was a good price. Tonight is curry, already prepared.

Once I got home from the grocery store (yes it’s true that the picture above was taken after my trip to the store), I realized that the peaches on the counter were also going to go bad before they would be eaten. While I was at it, I would find a recipe to use up the peaches.

I spent the afternoon baking. I was happy.

Peach Brown Sugar Muffins

This is a “Best Loved” recipe from page 327 of the Better Home and Gardens New Baking Book. Apparently it has been an editor’s choice recipe since 1982. Hmmm. This turned out much better than I thought it would. I made it as the recipe directed, however next time I think I would make a few changes. I would try to purée the peaches, as well as change the streusel topping which was a little lacking in my opinion. I will post an update when I try them again. Which I will as I froze the rest of my peaches.

3 tbsp all-purpose flour
3 tbsp brown sugar
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon *as I am typing this, I realized I forgot the cinnamon
4 tsp butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp ground all-spice
1 egg
1 cup sour cream *of course I used plain yogurt
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1cup chopped peeled fresh, frozen or canned peaches

1. Mix the first 4 ingredients together in a bowl until you get coarse crumbles. To aside in the fridge while you make the muffins.

2. Preheat the oven to 400F. Grease or line a muffin pan.

3. In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking poser and soda, salt and all-spice. Make a well in the centre of the dry mixture; set bowl aside.

4. In another bowl combine egg, sour cream, brown sugar, milk and oil. Stir in peaches.

5. Add peach mixture to dry ingredients. Stir until moistened.

6. Spoon batter evenly, into prepared pan. Sprinkle with the streusel topping.

7. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a sodden toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

8. Cool 5 minutes in muffin cups. Serve warm.

 

Julie of By The Recipe says this about her food writing:

I’m not sure which came first: my sweet tooth, or my desire to bake.  Before I was a wife and a mother, I was a baker.  I love to bake.

Before kids, I wasn’t much of a cook. After kids, my cooking abilities improved, I guess because I needed to feed my family. Over the years I have come to enjoy cooking, almost as much as baking.  But let’s be honest, the best part of baking and cooking are the accolades of a great mouthful of food. That inspires me.

When I cook, I cook by the recipe. Almost always.

 

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