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
