Southern Peaches ‘n Cream Praline Muffins

Happy Friday and Happy Memorial Day weekend! I hope you have a good one. I'm not going to lie, I always dread Memorial Day weekend because it gets pretty stressful at work.

I don't have any plans... but mom and dad, if you're doing anything, let me know because I'll bring over a crazy-delicious dessert. I came up with this recipe idea last night when I was trying to sleep. Don't you hate when that happens?

I'm currently blogging in the middle of a thunderstorm and the power is out. It's been out for a while. I don't know what to do in this situation. Do you call someone? I guess I'll just finish this blog post and then maybe abandon the house and go shopping.

So here's the last part of Q&A. I promised I'd answer all of your questions, and I did! There are only a few questions for this round.

What is the one thing that you haven't baked or cooked that is a challenge and you're scared to attempt it?
There's a lot of things I haven't baked before, but one dessert that comes to mind is Baked Alaska. I would love to make a baked Alaska, but it seems like a lot of work, and it scared me to broil meringue on top of ice cream. I think my ice cream would probably melt everywhere.

Do you plan on having children?
My, my! What kind of question do we have here? Well, the answer is yes, someday. But not anytime soon. And when it comes time, I'm going to have to read a lottt of books. Off subject, but, guess what? My older sister is going to have a baby boy! He's due sometime in early October. I can't wait!

What's your favorite thing about your hometown? I've never been to Missouri, and interested to know what you like best about it.
I'm from Ozark, Missouri. There's not a lot going on there, unfortunately. It is really pretty, though, so I guess that's what I like best about it. We have lots of trees, rivers and hills.

What is your favorite cookbook?
Whenever I need a reference when I'm cooking, I always pick up the copy of Joy of Cooking that my dad gave me. His mom gave it to him, and it means a lot to me.

I know that you wait tables, and was wondering what was the highest tip you've ever gotten?
Hmm I think I had a group of twentyish leave me $80 one time.

How much of your budget is spent on baking ingredients?
Eek, I don't know! I should probably put myself on a budget. I'm pretty thrifty when it comes to other things, but when it comes to food, I spend a lot of money. On average I probably test a recipe a day. I try not to waste any ingredients and will stretch them as far as I can.

What's your favorite ingredient to use even when its out of season?
These are such good questions! I love using warm, autumn flavors all year long - pumpkin, squash, sweet potatoes, apples.

What ingredients must never be compromised?
Butter, good dark chocolate and good vanilla.

What is your favourite colour?
Look at that fancy spelling! Here in the Ozarks, we spell it favurit and colurrr.
I like lavenders and plums right now.

Which is your favourite comfort food?
I must have a lot of Canadian readers. Macaroni and cheese! Fried okra! Chocolate cake!

When you are creating a new recipe do you write it down as you go or write one up before then edit it? And one more...do you hand write them first then type them up?
I create the recipe as I make it. If if turns out well, I type it up on my computer.

So there you are! I'm going to add links to these Q&A posts in the FAQ section. ASAP.



I guess I should have some sort of red, white and blue jello flag dessert recipe to share with you today... but I didn't think that far ahead. Instead you get a muffin recipe I made a couple of months ago.

I'm not happy with these pictures of these muffins, but I decided to post the recipe anyway because they were so good! You'll need this recipe this summer when you want to make peach muffins for breakfast.

The muffin is light and fluffy, and flavored with buttermilk, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla and chopped peaches. These have a streusel topping made out of butter, brown sugar, oats and pecans. Mmm I love streusel topping.

You could use chopped apricot or nectarine in these, too.


Southern Peaches ‘n Cream Praline Muffins
Printable Recipe

1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1/3 cup old fashioned oats
1/4 cup + 2 cups all purpose flour, divided use
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 cups coarsely chopped peaches

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup Texas-sized muffin pan with paper liners.

In a medium bowl, stir together pecans, oats, 1/4 cup flour and brown sugar until well combined; knead in butter using your fingertips or a fork, until well incorporated and mixture starts to clump together.

In a medium mixing bowl, sift together remaining 2 cups flour, baking powder and salt. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, granulated sugar, buttermilk, oil, vanilla and cinnamon until well combined. Gently stir flour mixture into egg mixture until just combined; stir in peaches.

Divide muffin batter into cups; evenly sprinkle pecan-oat mixture on top. Bake 20 minutes or until well risen, golden brown, and a toothpick inserted into muffin comes out with moist crumbs attached. Cool 5 minutes before transferring muffins to a wire rack to cool.

Makes 12 big muffins