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Peach Crisp

Posted on 08/09/2010 by Maura

I know I mentioned I love cobblers, but I also love crisps, or crumbles, or whatever you want to call the amazing concoction of butter, flour and brown sugar.  Since I had just made a cobbler a few days prior, I decided to make a crisp instead with the peaches I had left over from my amazing salad the other day.  With the addition of maple syrup tossed  with the peaches, this was absolutely delicious.  It would best be served with vanilla ice cream, but Cool Whip was all I had, and it certainly got the job done.

Crisps, unlike pies, come together extremely quickly, which is why I like them!  I often throw rolled oats into the flour mixture, which you could certainly do in this case as well.  The important thing is to bake it until the top is beautifully golden brown and the peaches are bubbling like crazy.  Yum!

Oh, by the way, I’m in Massachusetts for two weeks!  I will still try to post daily, as I was cooking like a maniac to store up recipes for you guys!   I can’t promise anything, though.

Peach Crisp

Ingredients

5 to 6 peaches, thinly sliced

1 cup flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

10 tablespoons butter, cut into cubes, divided

juice of 1/2 lemon

2 tablespoons real maple syrup

Instructions

In a medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, light brown sugar, cinnamon  and salt.  Add 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter into the flour mixture and cut in with a fork or pastry cutter until pea-sized balls have formed.  Set aside.

Put peaches into a bowl and squeeze the lemon juice over top.  Add 2 tablespoons real maple syrup to peaches and stir well.

Pour peach mixture into a small dish (about 9 inches) and cover evenly with crumb topping. Drop the remaining two tablespoons of butter over top.  Cover with foil and bake at 350ºF for 15 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 30 minutes, or until crisp and brown on top.

Recipe adapted from The Pioneer Woman

About Maura

I have a secret: I cannot do anything in moderation. I always have to take things to the extreme, at the expense of my own and my family's sanity and often times my dad’s checkbook. When I started taking horseback riding lessons, I insisted on having a pony. When I ice skated for probably the second time, I made my mom buy me ice skates that were never again worn. When I thought I wanted to be a teacher, I made my parents turn one of the rooms in the basement into a school room, stocked with an overhead projector, pull-down maps and a real, classroom-sized chalkboard and white board. When I discovered cooking I bossed my older sister around in the kitchen for an entire day, forcing her to make dozens of recipes with me against her will and then had her do all the dishes (sorry Cait). And, when I discovered food blogs I bought the biggest binder I could find, printed out 250 recipes in one day and laminated and categorized each one. My dad was not happy about the ink situation. So, what does this tell you about me? For one, you can trust that every recipe I post is more than delicious and has been meticulously tried and tested for you. Also, that I’m an anal freak. Enjoy! View all posts by Maura → This entry was posted in Dessert, Quick & Easy Meals, vegetarian. Bookmark the permalink. ← Watermelon Gazpacho Pineapple Chicken →