When Life Throws You Peaches

Texas peaches are the best...especially Hill Country peaches. When I lived in Waco, an elderly gentleman drove his little, blue, beater truck into town from the Hill Country and sold peaches on the side of one of the main roads. Sometimes I would stop and buy a brown paper bag full of leaves-still-attached peaches that were so fresh, sweet, and juicy. They made every other peach from the produce department of any grocery store tasted like cardboard. Liam and I hit up the farmers market in hopes of some yummy peaches, but they weren't amazing, they were just okay. So I decided these were the perfect peaches to try out this recipe:

Peach Crisp
5 pounds peaches (about 12), each cut into 8 wedges
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 stick) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
2 cups rolled oats
1 cup almonds, roughly chopped

1. Heat oven to 350F. In a large bowl, toss the peaches, granulated sugar, and 1 tablespoon of flour. Transfer to a shallow 3-quart baking dish.


2. In a separate bowl, combine the brown sugar, salt, and the remaining 3/4 cup of flour. Using your fingers, incorporate the butter until coarse crumbs form. Mix in oats and almonds.


3. Squeeze the topping into marble-sized clumps and sprinkle on the peaches. Bake until the top is golden and the fruit is tender, 45 to 55 minutes.
   

And, voila! Here it is...

I thought it was pretty yummy, especially served with vanilla ice cream. The only thing I would suggest is to really use a 3-quart baking dish. I didn't, and now my oven is a disaster.

Speaking of food, we had this for dinner the other night:

Does it look familiar? That's right...IKEA meatballs, cream gravy, and lingonberries. Yum, yum and easy, too. I think we'll be adding this to the dinner rotation. It's probably more suitable for January warm, comfort food, but it worked for late August, too.

This week the inevitable happened. Liam started back to daycare on Wednesday. Despite his refusal to nap today and less than stellar appetite, he's getting back into the swing of things. Here's his first day back to daycare picture: