Plethora of Peaches

We purchased a case of peaches at the co-op. I thought it would give me an opportunity to freeze some for smoothies, oatmeal, etc later on. They were really good peaches and we ate the vast majority of them just sliced. Some of them made it into pancakes or oatmeal and the other day a number of them jumped into a pie.

My mom had a custard type of peach pie recipe that was wonderful. It has since been lost and I am now in a quest for a good recipe. This version was pretty good, but not as good as my memory of mom's (granted the memory tends to make everything taste much better!).

The recipe (which is approximate since I never measured):

1 pie crust
Mine was whole wheat (butter, flour, salt, water)
2 T. flour
2 eggs
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup plain yogurt
2 - 4 T brown sugar (My peaches were sweet so I sprinkled in very little)
1/2 t. vanilla
1/2 t. almond extract
6 - 7 peaches, diced


~ Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place prepared pie crust in pie plate.
~ Sprinkle in flour.
~ Whisk eggs, cream, yogurt, sugar, vanilla and almond together.
~ Add peaches and stir. Pour into pie pan.
~ Cook until center is set ~30 minutes. Cool before cutting.

Craving Experiments

Rice krispy treats sounded really good today. Unfortunately I don't keep around rice krispies...I did have puffed millet! So in a "why not" mood we created these:


I have given up calling them "millet krispy treats" and we just call anything of this variety Krispies. A couple tablespoons of butter, bag of small marsh mellows melted together. I then added some peanut butter (~ 3/4 cup) and stirred in ~ 6 cups of puffed millet and a handful of cranberries. I was going to add sunflower seeds and saw them sitting on the counter all lonely after I had finished. Place in a greased 13 x 9 pan and press using wax paper. Cool and cut.

These turned out wonderfully and are so easily adjustable.