Peach Crumble Muffins – RecipeTin Eats

February 27, 2026

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Introducing my new favorite peach recipe – Peach Crumble Muffins! A tender buttery crumb plagued by juicy bits of peach, and a crunchy, crumbly pecan topping, these are superb made with ripe peaches, however truthfully so good with canned peaches too!

Peach Crumble Muffins

I’ve been chasing my good Grasp Muffin Batter for years, however I’ve by no means fairly nailed it. My standards is demanding – pantry staples solely, no creaming butter (muffins ought to be hand-mixed! *she says, passionately*), a correct tall dome, and it has to remain contemporary for two days.

Eight batches into making this, pondering it could be a cinch utilizing this batter or this batter (I used to be flawed) I lastly realised I most likely gained’t ever land on one single grasp recipe. Completely different add-ins want various things – juicy fruit wants extra construction, heavy mix-ins want carry, delicate flavours want a softer crumb. One batter can’t do all of it.

So, this “straightforward to invent” muffin is objective constructed for juicy peaches, to make the flavour shine with a sprinkle of crunchy crumb for additional pizzaz!

What you could make Peach Crumble Muffins

If peaches are out of season, don’t fear! This recipe works completely with canned peaches. Additionally, see my helpful suggestions beneath for easy methods to ripen peaches, and a nifty tip when you lower the peach open solely to seek out it rock-hard unripe inside (macerate it!).

1. Peaches – ripe however agency

We use an excellent quantity of peaches right here, 2 giant or 3 medium. Most contained in the muffin and a few on high (when you put an excessive amount of contained in the muffin, you get too many wet-raw muffin batter patches, higher to place additional on the floor). I exploit yellow peaches for color solely, so be at liberty to make use of white!

Use ripe however agency peaches. If they’re overripe (ie squishy on the floor) it’s tough to chop and can flip a bit mushy as soon as baked.

Canned peaches works completely right here instead if they’re out of season (the season for good peaches is notoriously quick right here in Australia). See recipe card for instructions (you’ll want a big 825g / 29oz can, ideally in juice slightly than sugary syrup).

Different stone fruit – Sure, sure, sure! Something ripe and juicy. 🙂 Nectarines, apricots, plums, cherries. For mangoes, I’d use my Mango Muffin recipe (it’s mango-forward). See beneath recipe card for different fruit muffin recipes I’ve (and which to make use of for which fruit).

suggestions for UNRIPE PEACHES

Unripe entire peaches – Ripen in a brown paper bag with a pink apple, folded closed, on the counter. Verify each day. Works for barely underripe peaches, not as effectively for actually unripe rock-hard ones.
Unripe chopped peaches – Should you begin chopping solely to seek out it’s unripe inside, toss chopped items with 2 teaspoons of white sugar, then put aside for 10 minutes to macerate (soften and sweeten). Drain, then use as per recipe (you should use the juice within the batter – depend it as a part of the yogurt).

2. muffin batter

Flour – Simply common plain flour (all-purpose flour). Don’t substitute for wholemeal flour (whole-wheat) – it’s far more absorbent so it is going to make the muffin dry.

Self elevating flour (ie flour with baking powder constructed it) – It’s best to make use of flour plus baking soda or baking powder as a result of it makes softer muffins, however when you solely have self-raising flour, you should use that as an alternative. Nevertheless, count on the muffins to not dome fairly as effectively.
Baking soda (bi-carbonate soda) – About 3x stronger than baking powder which we want in these muffins that are significantly weighed down with lots of peaches and an excellent pile of crumbly topping! Nevertheless, when you solely have baking powder, it is going to work – use 3 teaspoons – however count on the muffin to rise marginally much less.
Yogurt – Any plain, unsweetened, full-fat yogurt. I exploit Greek-style which is my fridge staple. Yogurt is a little bit of a bakers’ secret, recognized for making tender muffins. Right here, it helps make the batter thicker to maintain the peach bits suspended plus the acidity provides the baking soda a kick begin for a stunning muffin dome.
Unsalted butter – Melted, then barely cooled.
Sugar – I exploit white sugar right here as a result of I desire a white muffin crumb. You possibly can swap for brown when you desire.
An egg – Only one egg is all we have to maintain the muffin crumb collectively. Utilizing just one is another excuse that this muffin crumb stays contemporary for days – as a result of the extra eggs you employ, the drier the crumb will get (due to the egg whites). Be sure that it’s at room temperature, and that it’s a big egg (labelled as such on the carton, ~55g / 2 oz every in shell) – definition and clarification right here.
Cinnamon powder – As a result of peaches and cinnamon are an ideal match!
Vanilla extract – A touch for flavouring the batter. Extract is healthier than vanilla essence (which is imitation). I wouldn’t use vanilla pod – feels wasted to make use of in a muffin.
Salt – Only a pinch, to deliver out the flavours in every little thing else. Customary apply in candy baking nowadays!

3. CRUMBLY PECAN TOPPING

I attempted this with a plain crumbly topping (streusel). However then I added pecans, and there was no going again. Right here’s all you want:

Pecans – Toasted within the oven for five minutes (it’s so price it, actually brings out the pecan flavour), then finely chopped.
Flour – Simply common plain / all-purpose flour.
Brown sugar – Slightly than white sugar, for pretty caramely tones within the topping.
Unsalted butter – That is what makes the combination clump a bit. Plus, effectively, you recognize. Buttery goodness!
Salt – I really actually like having the ability to style a little bit of salt within the crumbly topping. Not sufficient take make it salty although. 🙂

Clockwise from high proper: the batter, the crumbly topping, and Peach Muffins prepared for the oven.

How one can make Peach Crumble Muffins

There’s 3 components to this recipe: chopping the peaches, making the crumbly topping (very straightforward 4 ingredient combine job) then the batter. It’s straight ahead, however please guarantee your fridge components are at room temperature in order that they mix correctly (egg, yogurt – and the peaches!).

1. CHOP PEACHES

Deal with it like an avocado – lower the peach in half by slicing across the pure seam, all the best way to the stone. Twist the halves aside, take away the stone, then cube!

2. CRUMBLY TOPPING

Combine the chopped pecans, flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add butter and blend with a fork – it is going to resemble moist sand. It can clump and cling to the muffin because it bakes.

3. muffin batter

I’ve a agency view that muffin batters ought to have the ability to be hand blended. (It’s okay, nonetheless, to require an electrical mixer for cupcakes! Completely logical in my world.)

Whisk Dry and Moist components in separate bowls. (Tip: Whisk the dry first then the moist so that you don’t want to clean the whisk in between).
Mix – Make a effectively within the centre of the Dry ingredient bowl and pour the moist in. Combine simply till the flour is sort of integrated (~ 14 stirs). The batter will nonetheless be lumpy and you’ll nonetheless see some flour – that is proper!

💡The purpose with muffin batter is to make it with the minimal stirs doable as soon as the moist and dry components are mixed, because the much less you stir, the softer the muffins. So these mixing steps are designed to just do that. Extreme stirring = exhausting muffins = 😭.

Add peaches – Pour the 1 1/2 cups of chopped peaches into the batter.
Minimal mixes – Then gently combine by, simply till you’ll be able to not see flour and the peaches are dispersed (~ 8 to 10 stirs).

4. assemble and bake

Work shortly right here – now will not be the time to name your bestie for a protracted gasbag! Attempt to get the muffins within the oven inside 5 minutes. As soon as the baking soda is activated (when it mixes with yogurt), it loses energy shortly, and gradual fingers imply flat muffins.

Fill – Divide the batter between the muffin tin holes, use all of it! There ought to be sufficient to fill it to the highest of the muffin tin holes, a bit beneath the rim of the paper liner I’ve used (pictured above, stands proud a number of millimetres above the muffin tin). I exploit an ice cream scoop with a lever – useful for this objective! As a result of the batter is thick, it stays in a little bit of a mound utilizing the scooper which is okay – it will get flattened within the subsequent step.
Prime the batter with a number of items of diced peaches, urgent them in flippantly. Then spoon a mound of crumble on every. Use all of it and pile it excessive! The crumble clumps and units within the oven.

Bake for 23 minutes at 200°C / 390°F (180°C fan-forced), or till a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clear. It would take as much as 25 minutes, relying in your oven. (PS America – I do know 390°F is an odd temperature, when you’re oven solely goes up in 25°F increments, do 400°F for 10 minutes then 375°F for the remaining 13 minutes.)
Relaxation the muffins for 10 minutes within the muffin tin to chill a bit and “set” (muffins are fairly fragile when scorching). They’re now able to be devoured – or, in case you are not going to eat all 12 instantly, put the remainder on a cooling rack to complete cooling.

These Peach Muffins preserve very well. They are going to nonetheless be contemporary 3 days later – I can’t get on board recipes which are “greatest eaten on the day”. As a result of I do know these heat, fruity, buttery muffins can be irresistible to you, however are you able to eat twelve in a single sitting??! 😂 (I shouldn’t snicker. My coronary heart is pulling me in the direction of the muffins however my denims are weighing on my conscience).

The one caveat I do have is that the crumbly topping will not be as crisp as it’s on the day it’s made. I believed that might hassle me however it didn’t. You continue to get texture from the pecans. And when you actually need to refresh it, simply pop the muffin beneath the broiler (oven-grill) for a 2 to three minutes to crisp up the highest once more.

Hope you take pleasure in! – Nagi x

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Peach Crumble Muffins – RecipeTin Eats

Peach Crumble Muffins