Peach Cobbler Muffins with Oat Streusel Topping

One of my favorite fruits of the summer are peaches.  I don't know, maybe it's my Georgia roots, but there's just something about biting into a ripe, juicy peach that does my heart good. I love the sweet smell and even the fuzzy feel of the peel.  

Earlier this year I had some peaches that I knew would be too ripe to eat if I let them sit much longer, and I didn't have enough time to eat them all.  My default would have been to make a peach cobbler, but that's not the easiest thing to share with neighbors, so I searched around and found a nice recipe for an alternative.  I changed the topping from a regular streusel to an oat streusel and love what these turned out to be.

Peach Cobbler Muffins with Oat Streusel

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour 
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup whole milk
2 cups fresh peaches, diced (about 2 large peaches)


Oat Streusel Topping

1 1/4 cups old fashioned oats
1 tablespoon flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 tablespoons cold butter, cut into chunks

Directions

Streusel Topping

In a small bowl, whisk together oats, flour, sugar and cinnamon.  Add in butter and mix together until full incorporated and you have a sandy texture.

Muffins

Preheat oven to 350º. Lightly grease a muffin tin with cooking spray or vegetable oil, or line with paper muffin liners.

In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, vanilla and milk. Add flour mixture and stir until just combined. Gently stir in peaches.

Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with muffin batter. (Don't over fill.) Sprinkle muffins with topping.

Bake at 350º for 20 to 25 min, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

When muffins are done, cool for a few minutes in the muffin pan before removing to cool on a wire rack.  Enjoy!