Friday, September 3, 2010
Posted by Grandma Jeanne on September 22, 2006
To make one float, place 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream in the bottom of a soda glass or larger water glass.
Sprinkle 2 spoonsful of sweetened fresh peaches over the ice cream.
Tilt the glass, and slowly pour 7-Up down the side of the glass.
Serve immediately with straws and spoons.
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3 cups chopped fresh peaches
3 tablespoons tapioca
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix all ingredients together except cinnamon. Let stand while you prepare the crust.
Put peach mixture into one 9 inch pie plate.
Cover with strips of leftover dough. Sprinkle dough with cinnamon and sugar.
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
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2 cups thawed frozen peaches
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix above ingredients, and fill unbaked pie shell. Top with strips of dough. Sprinkle with a little sugar and cinnamon.
Bake for 30 or 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
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1 cup flour
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
6 to 8 peaches, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla
1 cup boiling water
Grated nutmeg
Oil a 9 inch square metal baking pan.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixer
Place half the peaches in the bottom of the prepared pan. Sprinkle half the flour mixture over the fruit. Add remaining peaches and then the rest of the flour mixture.
In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar with brown sugar. Sprinkle over all.
Put almond extract in a 1 cup measure and top off with boiling water. Pour this over the top of the cobbler but do not mix.
Sprinkle with additional nutmeg.
Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.
Serve warm.
Serves 6.
You can find a wide variety of electric mixers at Amazon.com. Here are just two of the possibilities:
Posted by Grandma Jeanne on September 21, 2006
According to this recipe, this has the “best crust you ever ate.”
1 quart peaches, sliced thin
Sugar to taste
1-1/2 cups flour
2-1/2 cups shortening
1/2 teaspoon salt
4-5 tablespoons water
Melted butter
Mix sliced peaches with sugar. Pour into oblong baking dish.
Crumble together flour, shortening, and salt. Mix with a fork.
Add 4-5 tablespoons water. Gather into a ball.
Roll out dough. Cut into strips.
Criss cross dough over peaches and brush with butter.
Continue layering in criss crosses until strips are used up, brushing each with butter.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until brown.
