These peach yogurt muffins are light, moist, and make a perfect breakfast or snack.
I’ve been trying to use less butter in my baking recently. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE BUTTER and you will probably see it appear very soon in another one of my recipes.
Butter is amazing and it does marvelous things to baked goods (and toast). But I’ve realized that sometimes I’m too dependent on it.
If, for some reason, I use up the 10 pounds of butter I’ve purchased from Costco and won’t be getting back to the store for another day or two, I just assume I won’t be baking.
For example, these peach yogurt muffins. I almost always have a big tub of greek yogurt in the refrigerator for smoothies.
Yogurt basically replaces the butter here and you’d never miss it. These muffins are soft, moist and fluffy.
It was really hard to not eat the entire batch at once! Give them a try. Since it’s not quite peach season yet, I used frozen peaches in this recipe. When the season is right, by all means use fresh.
Peach Yogurt Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup plain greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup nonfat milk
- 1 1/2 cup frozen or fresh peaches, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a large muffin pan (I use baking spray with flour).
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, vigorously whisk together the eggs, greek yogurt, coconut oil and milk.
- Immediately pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients along with the chopped peaches and mix together with a spatula until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin pan. Bake for 20-23 minutes. Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes and then gently move to a cooling rack.
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Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
I love adding yogurt to muffins, these look delish!
Anna says
I love muffins with yogurt! Yours look gorgeous!
fabiola says
I love using frozen peaches when they are out of season for baked goodies. This looks so yummy, healthy, yum.
Averie says
Love the recipe and it’s similar to some banana yogurt muffins that I recently made and they were so moist. I love using yogurt (or sour cream) in baked goods and for quickbreads and muffins that already have tons of other flavors going on, I actually prefer oil b/c it makes them softer and I dont miss the buttery taste b/c there is already enough other things anyway. Great job on these!
Aggie says
I’m glad you posted these. I have been wanting to make muffins with Greek yogurt all week! These look perfect!
Kathryn says
I love using yoghurt, especially in muffins. I love that slight tang and I never miss butter when I use yoghurt instead. These muffins look perfect!
Jackie says
I notice the same this the other day when I went through a pound of butter in about 2 days. Geez, that can be good for me! These muffins look awesome :)
Valerie says
I sometimes prefer beards and muffins that are more reliant upon buttermilk and yoghurt for their tenderness. These muffins look so tempting – and simple!
Asiya says
I love butter…when I was small I would secretly go in the fridge and have a little taste of just butter :) But it’s not helping the waistline and my husband is anti-butter….so I rarely use it :( These muffins look perfect for our family to try..Pinned!
Jeff Lowman says
Love the recipe! I was just telling my wife that we need to try this one for our annual spring party! Thanks a lot and you have new fans and followers!
Chung-Ah says
Love the coconut oil and Greek yogurt on this. Butter is my god but cutting back on it is necessary at times, especially when summer is right around the corner!
Medeja says
These muffins sound great. Thanks for sharing a recipe!
Heather says
Greek yogurt is like miracle food. You can do so many things with it!!! I keep applesauce for the same no-butter reason.
Also I cannot wait until peach season. Mmmmm.
Siobhan says
Delicious. Do you think tinned peaches would work, don’t think I’ve ever seen frozen peaches in Ireland (but I could be wrong)?
Jennifer Farley says
I think they’ll work but I’d drain them on paper towels for awhile first. The extra liquid could play a factor otherwise.
Siobhan says
Will do. Thanks :)
Marie says
I know what you mean about butter. But I’m a huge fan of yogurt in baking! I love the lightness it brings. These look delicious as is, so I can only imagine when it’s peach season!