Fresh Peach Pie

This is the best summer time dessert!  It is a family recipe that has been passed down multiple generations.  I hope I don't get in trouble for putting it on the internet for the world to see! :)

Ingredients:
Pie crust
8 peaches
1/4 lemon juice
1 can sweetened condensed milk
heavy whipping cream
powdered sugar
vanilla

You can make your own pie crust or do it the lazy way like me and just buy it.  But buy the larger ones.  You'll need about 8 peaches.  Maybe a little more, little less. Just depends on the size.  Skin the peaches and slice into the pie crust.  Should be about level or just below top of the pie pan.  In a separate bowl, mix sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice together.  Pour mixture over peaches.  
Then top with whip cream.  You could buy it but homemade is still easy and sooo much better.  I don't ever measure when I make it but this is what I do...
Pour some heavy whipping cream into a bowl. 
Beat on high speed until thick.  
About 1 tsp vanilla and stir in powdered sugar until delicious.  Spread over peaches and condensed milk mixture.  
Place in the fridge for about 30 minutes. You can eat right away but chilling it helps in to stay together better.  This will for sure satisfy your sweet tooth!

Sara

Melon Ball Cocktail

As much as I love love love FALL, 

I find that I have to breathe into a bag if I think too hard about the short melon season. 

When we lived hundreds of miles from civilization, we would drive through Green River to get school clothes and I would bring a huge knife and some spoons.  We'd stop and load up the trunk with melons, cut several in half, scoop out the guts, and dig in. 

 We were juicy messes.  We were in heaven.  

Why isn't this melon ball cocktail in balls you ask?

Well, I can't find my baller. 

Not that baller.

It was probably used as a weapon.

A juicy, ripe melon is so sweet and luscious.  It really doesn't need any dressing up. But when you want to bump it up a notch, here's a great recipe.  The lime rind is the perfect compliment to melons, especially honeydew.  And the rum flavoring adds a touch of warm butteryness to offset all that tart.  
  

Enjoy this fresh fruit cocktail.  It's a good one.



Melon Ball Cocktail
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 t. grated lime rind (get the rind BEFORE you squeeze the juice)
1/2 t. Rum extract
6 T fresh lime juice

1 honeydew, balled
1 cantaloupe, balled
1/2 watermelon, balled
1 cup blueberries


Bring sugar and water to a boil, simmer for a few minutes.  Add lime rind.  Cool and add, lime juice and rum extract.  Chill a few hours.

Note: Any fruit works, I subbed strawberries for the watermelon, but the honeydew works especially well with the lime and rum. 


So what do you do with the melon scraps after the balls are made?

A) Get a spoon and a towel and sit down to Duck Dynasty.
B) Put in a Ziploc bag in the freezer for smoothies, mixed with Greek yogurt and frozen banana.
C) Blend up, add to some lemonade.
D) All of the above


Posted by: Rona