Friday, September 24, 2010

Ernie's Song!

I taught this song to Marshall and it was on the radio when we came home from daycare and he started to sing it and said "Ernie's Song". My godson is just the BEST!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

What the?

So it has been over a month....how awful am I! Here is something to hold you over until I can come up with more:

I ordered a box of peaches….months ago and they came! Now what do I do with them? I ended up freezing most of them - 3 batches as a matter of fact - but I had a few too many to put in those batches BUT a few to few for another batch. Now what to do? I found a really east and super YUMMY recipe for Peach Crisp! First time I every made such a thing - but it turned out GREAT:



Ingredients
For the peach filling:
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
10 cups frozen peaches, thawed, about 3 pounds prepared
1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in 1 tablespoon water
1 lemon, juiced
1 teaspoon butter

For the crumb topping:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup oats
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into 8 pieces

Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, for serving

Special Equipment: 12 by 8-inch oval stoneware dish or 13 by 9-inch rectangular glass or stoneware dish

Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

To make the peach filling: In a large bowl, stir together sugars, flour, cinnamon and salt. Add peaches and gently toss to coat. Mix together cornstarch slurry and lemon juice and stir into peaches to incorporate. Butter a 12 by 8-inch oval dish and add peach mixture.

To make the crumb topping: In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients, add in butter pieces and combine with hands until crumbly.

Top peaches with half of the crumb topping. Place in oven and immediately reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes, then add remainder of the crumb topping. Reduce heat to 325 degrees F and bake until golden and bubbling, another 45 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 15 minutes before serving.

Serve with vanilla ice cream or fresh whipped cream.



So yummy right out of the oven or zapped for just 30 seconds in the microwave!