peaches

We recently dashed away for the day to a little country town known for its peaches.  Peach trees are perfect for little ones because they grown small and squatty.  Their limbs hang low with the weight of the ripening fruit and enable little hands to reach up and pluck the beautiful fruit from the trees.

The color of these little beauties was so vibrant against the overcast skies and lush green landscape.

The sweet fruit was piled in a box and into the mouth of my eager little picker.

After filling an entire box full I had to entice my little peach picker to leave with the promise of bakery goods in town.  She would have picked many boxes full if she could have.

As it is, 13 pounds of peaches are going to have us eating peach everything for weeks.

I am so happy that my once non-eating-peach-kid now loves the sweet fruit!

Just in case you love peaches as much as we do, here is a recipe for peach cobbler!  It is tasty and super easy to make with kids!

• Fresh Peach Cobbler
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 3 cups peaches, sliced
• 1/2-1 cup brown sugar, for topping
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions:

1. 1
   Melt butter until slightly brown Pour into an 8-by-12-inch baking dish.
2. 2
   Mix sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, and milk.
3. 3
   Pour into melted butter.
4. 4
   Do not stir.
5. 5
   Cover top of batter with peaches.
6. 6
   Do not mix.
7. 7
   Cover top of peaches with brown sugar.
8. 8
   Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown.