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These peach recipes are some of my families favorite. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peach Delight

1 1/2  cups flour

1 stick butter, softened

1/2 C. crisco

1 cup chopped nuts (pecans)

2 Tbsp. sugar

 

8 oz cream cheese, room temperature

2 cups powdered sugar

8 oz Cool Whip

 

3-4 cups sliced peaches

1 cup sugar

1 cup cherry 7-up

2 tbsp. Cornstarch

3 tbsp. peach Jell-o

 

Mix flour, crisco, butter and nuts well with spoon and spread in 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Set aside to cool. Beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar, and cool whip with electric mixer and spread on crust. Put sliced peaches on top. Mix sugar, 7-up, and cornstarch cook over medium heat until thick, stirring constantly, then add peach jello. Cool slighlty and pour over peaches, evenly coating all. Refrigerate.

 

 

Fresh Peach Pie

 3 to 4 cups fresh peaches (sliced)

1 baked 9" pie shell (cooked & cooled)

1 1/2 cups water

3/4 cup sugar

2 Tbsp. cornstarch

1 (3oz) pkg. peach gelatin

Cool whip for topping

 

Arrange peach slices in pie shell. Combine water, sugar, and cornstarch in pan. Mix until smooth. Cook over medium heat. Stir until mixture comes to a boil.  Cook 2 min. longer until mixture is clear and thick. Add gelatin. Stir until dissolved. Pour over  peaches. Chill until set. Serve with cool whip topping.

 

  

Peach Upside-Down Cake

 1/2 cup butter

1 cup packed light brown sugar

5 cups sliced peaches

1 pkg. yellow cake mix

 

As oven is preheating to 350, melt butter in cake pan. Remove pan from oven. Sprinkle brown sugar in the pan and arrange peach slices over top. Prepare cake batter according to package directions. Pour batter over top of peach filled pan and bake for 25-35 minutes until cake test done. Cool for 5 minutes before transferring.

  

Peach Ice Cream

 1 qt. 1 cup Milk

1 can (14oz) Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 can (6oz) Evaporated Milk

1 pt. Whipping Cream

3 Tbsp. Vanilla

1 3/4 cups Sugar

3 Cups mashed fresh Peaches

Juice of 1 lemon

 

In the can of an ice cream freezer, combine the first five ingredients and 1 cup of the sugar and mix well. Freeze according to manufacturer's directions until mixture forms a "mush." In a bowl, combine mashed peaches, remaining sugar and lemon juice and mix well. Combine with milk mixture and freeze until hard.

 

 

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