Peaches

When I was taking my son to school this morning, I saw a road side fruit stand at the gas station. The only thing they were selling was South Carolina Peaches. This gives me great hope that my friends from Marshall Farms and Windy Hill Orchards will soon make their appearance at the Dixie Classic Fair Farmers Market.

When we lived in Texas, there was a peach orchard near our house and we would buy bushels of peaches for $10.00. Like strawberries, I would make various tasty treats with them. I always had to make extra peach freezer jam for my son. He would raid the freezer, eat the jam frozen out of the jar, he said it was better than ice cream.

I am going to share with you a few of our favorite peach recipes most of them either simple easy or quick to make.

Quick Peaches Flambé

This is a great recipe for when you have unexpected or impromptu guest for dinner. Please remember to use proper fire safety when making any dish that involves fire.

1 canned peaches, (you need 8 halves), drained, reserve ½ cup of syrup

½ pound of butter

½ teaspoon cinnamon

2 jiggers (6 Tablespoons) 100 proof Bourbon

1 quart French Vanilla ice cream

 

Combine syrup and butter in shallow Pyrex or chafing dish

Warm over medium heat until the butter is melted and completely mixed with the syrup

Add Cinnamon and peach halves

Stir and baste halves until heated throughout

Remove from heat and pour bourbon over peaches

Divide ice cream into four dishes

Flame the bourbon in the chafing dish until the flames die, then spoon 2 peach halves and sauce into each dish of ice cream

 

Crock Pot Peach Cobbler

I don’t know about you, but I hate having to heat up the house in the summer with the oven. I try to make thing I can in the crock pot or do my baking first thing in the morning while the house is still cool.

2 cups frozen peaches, sliced (undrained)

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 -9 ounce Jiffy white cake mix

4 tablespoons melted butter

 

Lightly grease the slow cooker/Crock Pot; place peaches in the bottom.

Sprinkle with cornstarch; toss.

Drizzle with vanilla and sprinkle brown sugar over all.

Sprinkle with cinnamon then cake mix.

Drizzle melted butter evenly over cake mix.

Cover and cook on high for 3 to 3 1/2 hours.

 

Peach Crisp

6 or 7 large peches

Juice of 1 lemon

½ cup sifted flour (I use whole wheat)

¾ cup rolled oats

½ cup brown sugar, packed

1/3 cup margarine

 

Preheat oven to 325° F

Peel and slice peaches and sprinkle with lemon juice

Mix flour, oats and brown sugar in a bowl

Cut in margarine

Press mixture into peaches

Bake for 30minues or until peaches are tender