Good Dinner Mrs. Mellen

August is peach month with beautiful ripe peaches coming to market in New England. Peaches are a favorite with my family from sliced peaches topped with yogurt and granola to elaborate peach pies, tarts, cakes, cobblers and crumbles. So many choices with to bake with delicious summer fruit to delight family and friends. A crumble differs from a cobbler, a biscuit topping while a crumble a topping of lose ingredients combined and place on top of the fruit. Don't forget to serve with rich vanilla ice cream. Perfect Peach Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream For the peach filling:  1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 8 cups peaches, thinly sliced 1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in 1 tablespoon water 1 lemon, juiced For the crumb topping: 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup oats ...

  Peaches are one of my favorite fruits. When I was a little girl my grandparents had a bountiful garden including fruit trees. My favorite tree was the peach tree with it's limbs hanging heavy with peaches almost dangling to the ground. I waited all summer for the fruit to transform from a little flower to a big juice ripe peach! After we picked the fruit my grandmother would bake pies along with canning peaches for use in the winter. As a treat my grandfather would cut up a peach ripe just to perfection place it in a glace and pour just a little red wine over the peach for me to eat. I've never forgotten the delightful taste of peaches and wine. Inspired by my grandfather I soaked peaches in wine overnight in my recipe for a Peach Cobbler adding to the rich flavor of the dessert.   Ingredients         6 large peaches, cut into thin wedges         1/2 bottle pinot noir       ...