Peaches & Cream Muffins

These are delicious peach flavored muffins with a delightful cream cheese filling and cinammon sugar topping. Recipe Courtesy Addie's Attic Bed & Breakfast

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 24 muffins

Ingredients

• Muffins

• 2  cups  canned peaches, drained (save juice)
• 4  cups flour
• 2  cups sugar
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3  eggs
• 3⁄4 cup  oil
• 2  cups milk

• Filling

• 8  ounces cream cheese
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1  tablespoon  peach juice
• 1  teaspoon  almond extract

• Topping

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

1. Dice the drained peaches to about the size of peas; set aside.
2. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
3. In separate bowl combine eggs and oil; then whisk in the milk.
4. Combine egg and flour mixtures; then fold in diced peaches.
5. For filling, beat cream cheese, sugar, peach juice and almond extract.
6. Fill greased muffin tins half full of batter; drop 1 teaspoon of the filling into each muffin cup of the batter and top with 1 1/2 tablespoons more batter.
7. For topping, mix cinnamon and sugar; sprinkle over muffins.
8. Bake in a preheated oven at 350° for 20 minutes.
9. Serve warm.