Peach Cobbler Muffins & Fresh Peach Freezer Jam

Simple peach cobbler muffins and peach freezer jam made with locally grown peaches.

One of my favorite things about summer is the abundance of all my favorite fresh fruits and vegetables. We plant a garden every year so we can take advantage of growing our own vegetables. It can get pretty hot and dry here in Texas, so some vegetables thrive better than others. 

We seem to have great luck with butter lettuce, zucchini, green bell peppers, tomatoes, jalapenos, potatoes, onions and yellow squash. When it comes to fruits it never seems to go as well. We have had great success growing strawberries, blackberries and occasionally watermelons it all just depends on the weather. 

The Texas heat can ruin a garden pretty quickly, so I depend on a few fruits that are available at the grocery store or farmers market. Now that Walmart is working with local farms to get more locally grown produce that's where I've been purchasing the majority of my fruits.

Take these peaches for instance. I usually purchase my peaches at a local peach orchard in Terrell, but I wasn't able to make a trip, so I relied on store bought peaches from my local grocery store. I wasn't too worried about the peaches, because lately I noticed the produce at Walmart has improved tremendously. 

Walmart even has a few organic options. I also recently found out that they now offers a 100% fresh produce guarantee.  I'm so excited that Walmart is working with local farmers to obtain more of their fruits and vegetables, because it's important to me to support out local farms.   

The peaches I bought were so fresh that I actually picked up more than enough, so I could make the muffins and some freezer jam (recipe below). For the muffins I adapted a basic vanilla muffin recipe and tweaked it a bit to come up with a peach cobbler version. The results were delicious!

Let the muffins cool slightly and enjoy. The fresh peaches really makes these muffins taste so fresh and good.

 

I love homemade jam's and jellies, but sometimes I just don't have the time to make a full batch of cooked jam. That's why I love freezer jams. All you have to do is chop up the fruit, add the sugar, lemon juice, instant freezer jam pectin and mix. 

I found a few packets on clearance for .50 each, so I grabbed a bunch. Freezer jam is perfect for anyone new to jam making. I love using freezer jam to use on toast, bagels or as a topping on cottage cheese or homemade Greek yogurt. I hope you'll give this easy freezer jam recipe a try, because it's so good.

adapted from: Ball Canning

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