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Fresh Peaches Yum!!!

Nightowlz — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:16:31 GMT

The peach truck is finally here. We bought a case of peaches. I have a mixture cooling in the fridge to make a couple batches of peach ice cream in the new little ice cream maker. Can't wait to eat it. Yum!!!

Cunningham peaches from Colorado will be here in Aug. Another Yum!!!

The peaches DH picked up Fri are from Noland's in Colorado.

I already ate 4 peaches today. LOL!!!

The recipe I'm using is suppose to be Ben & Jerry's Peach Ice Cream.

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SXMGirl — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:19:49 GMT

@Nightowlz, the peaches are really good this summer. I just made a birthday cake for DH that was supposed to be a French strawberry cake; but, strawberries are not his favorite, so I did use some of them, along with lots of peaches and blueberries. It was delicious. Enjoy your ice cream. I love homemade peach ice cream.

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AspenGrove — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:27:04 GMT

@Nightowlz ... a fellow Coloradoan here who is sooo enjoying the first batches of peaches, too. Can't wait to taste what the August crops bring! Mmmm ...

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ms traditional — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:31:44 GMT

my grandmother lived in Decatur, Georgia and the whole clan would come together from various states at her house (she had a sleeping porch for all the children that wrapped around 3/4 of the house - fun!) every few years. the highlight of the visit was always churning fresh peach ice cream on her back steps. the best ice cream ever - of course it was. they were Georgia peaches and my grandmother used fresh cream. wow-ee!

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conlt — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:40:54 GMT

I bought some Peaches last week and again this week. They are just delicious.

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Sweet_Serenity — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:50:21 GMT

@ms traditional wrote:
my grandmother lived in Decatur, Georgia and the whole clan would come together from various states at her house (she had a sleeping porch for all the children that wrapped around 3/4 of the house - fun!) every few years. the highlight of the visit was always churning fresh peach ice cream on her back steps. the best ice cream ever - of course it was. they were Georgia peaches and my grandmother used fresh cream. wow-ee!

Enjoyed reading your family memories. Reminds me of childhood. Grandmother made my favorite blueberry pie! little wild blueberries. Ommmy!!!!😘 juiciest pie!! which did I love more? juice or berries?!? No matter how I try recreat her recipe, Not the same. Oh wish could jump in a time capsule. Thanks for reminding me lucky I was.🙋

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ms traditional — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:58:40 GMT

@Sweet_Serenity loved your comment. in the days of my youth we didn't have all that kids have now - materially - but i feel i had so much more. i am still closest to my cousins because of those summers in simpler times. i feel i could write my own Waltons series! but don't worry - it has been done!

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Nightowlz — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:01:28 GMT

@SXMGirl wrote:
@Nightowlz, the peaches are really good this summer. I just made a birthday cake for DH that was supposed to be a French strawberry cake; but, strawberries are not his favorite, so I did use some of them, along with lots of peaches and blueberries. It was delicious. Enjoy your ice cream. I love homemade peach ice cream.

@SXMGirl Your cake sounds delicious. Can you share your recipe? TIA I love peaches & cannot wait every year until the truck shows up. The peaches are so good & nothing like the hard peaches the grocery store around here sell.

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Nightowlz — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:06:07 GMT

@AspenGrove wrote:
@Nightowlz ... a fellow Coloradoan here who is sooo enjoying the first batches of peaches, too. Can't wait to taste what the August crops bring! Mmmm ...

@AspenGrove Love Cololrado peaches. I think they are probably the best I have ever ate.
One year when we went to Fl we had peaches from Ark, Al, Ga, SC, Fl & Ok & Co peaches when we got back home. The peaches from Cunningham's are huge & so juicy. You better have a bowl & stand over the sink they are so juicy.

Some place in Tx has peaches as good as those Co peaches but don't know where they were from. The guy selling them just said they were from Tx. Have not seen him around here since.

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Nightowlz — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:08:59 GMT

@ms traditional wrote:
my grandmother lived in Decatur, Georgia and the whole clan would come together from various states at her house (she had a sleeping porch for all the children that wrapped around 3/4 of the house - fun!) every few years. the highlight of the visit was always churning fresh peach ice cream on her back steps. the best ice cream ever - of course it was. they were Georgia peaches and my grandmother used fresh cream. wow-ee!

@ms traditional I remember making peach ice cream when I was a kid. At the grandparents house it was usually out back in the grove under the shade trees. I also remember my dad making it when I was a kid. I love it. One of my grandmother's had a house with a porch 1/2 way around it. It was really neat.

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ms traditional — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:16:16 GMT

@Nightowlz that sounds wonderful, too. i swear that no other ice cream ever tasted better!

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SXMGirl — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:44:14 GMT

@Nightowlz, here is the recipe. First, I will provide the actual one and then my changes.

French Strawberry Cake:

Ingredients:

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

1 1/4 cup sugar, divided

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/3 cup all purpose flour

1 1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup sour cream

16 ounces fresh strawberries, sliced

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray and set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, whip together butter and 1 cup of sugar until pal and fluffy, 5 to 7 minutes.

Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to butter mixture, alternating with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating until just combined after each addition.

Fold in strawberries. Spread the batter in the prepared cake pan.

Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup sugar evenly over the top of the cake batter.

Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45-40 minutes.

Let the cake cool completely in the pan and then slice to serve.

My changes:

I mixed a few strawberries withh sliced peaches and lots of blueberries. I know that it was more than 16 ounces.

I used two farm fresh extra large eggs from the farmers market, because that is what I had.

I used Bakewell for the baking powder.

Since I baked it in my counter-top oven, and I used a blue springform pan (I think it was Jamie Oliver's and probably 8 or 9 inches), I baked it at 325 for 30 minutes.

It is supposed to be custard-like and it is recommended that you do a shake of the pan if you don't want to insert a pick.

When I make it again, I probably will top it with sparkling sugar from King Arthur.

I hope that you enjoy this if you try it. We really liked it.

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NickNack — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 01:01:49 GMT

My birthday was this week, and my sister had me over for birthday dinner tonight. She had made peach cobbler for dessert that was delicious!

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rockygems123 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 02:00:20 GMT

Yum!! We are in the Denver Metro area and since Palisade is too far for a day trip we'll have to see if we can find them locally. Enjoy your ice cream!

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ID2 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 09:56:20 GMT

Here in MI we have a few weeks yet to harvest our peaches.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:41:38 GMT

@SXMGirl wrote:
@Nightowlz, here is the recipe. First, I will provide the actual one and then my changes.

French Strawberry Cake:

Ingredients:

1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1 1/4 cup sugar, divided
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cup all purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sour cream
16 ounces fresh strawberries, sliced

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray and set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, whip together butter and 1 cup of sugar until pal and fluffy, 5 to 7 minutes.

Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add the flour mixture to butter mixture, alternating with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating until just combined after each addition.

Fold in strawberries. Spread the batter in the prepared cake pan.

Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup sugar evenly over the top of the cake batter.

Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45-40 minutes.

Let the cake cool completely in the pan and then slice to serve.

My changes:

I mixed a few strawberries withh sliced peaches and lots of blueberries. I know that it was more than 16 ounces.

I used two farm fresh extra large eggs from the farmers market, because that is what I had.

I used Bakewell for the baking powder.

Since I baked it in my counter-top oven, and I used a blue springform pan (I think it was Jamie Oliver's and probably 8 or 9 inches), I baked it at 325 for 30 minutes.

It is supposed to be custard-like and it is recommended that you do a shake of the pan if you don't want to insert a pick.

When I make it again, I probably will top it with sparkling sugar from King Arthur.

I hope that you enjoy this if you try it. We really liked it.

@SXMGirl Thx for sharing your recipe. It really sounds good. When it's hot all I really like eating is lots of fruit.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:42:50 GMT

@Nicknack wrote:
My birthday was this week, and my sister had me over for birthday dinner tonight. She had made peach cobbler for dessert that was delicious!

@NickNack Happy late Birthday. That was nice of your sister to have you over for you birthday. DH loves peach cobbler & always make some during peach season.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:47:42 GMT

@rockygems123 wrote:
Yum!! We are in the Denver Metro area and since Palisade is too far for a day trip we'll have to see if we can find them locally. Enjoy your ice cream!

@rockygems123 If I lived in Co I would drive to the Palisades to buy peaches if I had to. When they were froze out & we could not get any peaches we drove to Porter Ok to buy peaches which was about a 6 hr round trip. We had to do that or not have any good peaches that summer. That's not happening with me. LOL!!! I have to have my peaches. We go thru at least 4 cases each summer. Wish the Palisades was not so far but it's over 12 hrs from us.