Berry Peach Crumble

I had peaches and some blueberries I coun't eat fast enough so I threw together this yummy dessert.

2 cups berries (I used 1 cup blueberries and 1 cup frozen raspberries)
1 cup fresh peaches, peeled and sliced (I used 2 large White peaches)
2 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. Lemon juice

2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
2/3 cup oats
1/3 cup melted butter
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt

Cook together berries, peaches, lemon juice and 2 Tbsp flour stirring constantly over medium heat in a sauce pan, until mixture boils and thickens.
* because I used raspberries this mixture was super tart so after I took it off the burner I stirred in 2 Tbsp powdered sugar.

*I read somewhere that is substituting frozen fruit for fresh to use 12 oz frozen berries per 2 cups of fresh and 8-10 oz frozen peaches to 1 cup of fresh.

Spread berries into an 8x8 pan. In a seperate bowl stir together brown sugar, flour, oats. Season with cinnamon and salt. With a fork toss mixture with melted butter to make a crumbly mixture.

Sprinkle topping over fruit. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

A tasty fall treat!

Indoor S'mores and some favorite new links.

It's bonfire season and I love some good old fashioned s'mores, but I love these even more because they come without the lingering smell of smoke when you get home.

1 12oz box Golden Graham cereal (8-9 cups)
1 12 oz bag chocolate chips (1 1/2 cups)
6 cups miniature marshmallows
5 Tbsp butter
1/4 cup karo syrup
1 tsp vanilla

Melt together 5 cups of marshmallows, the chocolate chips, butter, and karo syrup. Melt over low heat stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Pour over golden grahams cereal in large bowl. Stir until evenly coated, add in remaining 1 cup marshmallows.

Press into a greased 9x13 pan. Use a greased sheet of wax paper to press down evenly. As hard as it is, allow to cool for at least an hour before cutting for best results. Cuts into 24 bars.


Now onto some new favorite sites:

The Fat-free Vegan: Sinlessly Delicious. While I am neither vegan nor fat free there is actually some pretty tasty things and ideas on this blog.

The Creative Operation. This craft/scrapbook blog is by 2 OR nurses and boy do they have some beautiful stuff.

Scissors.Paper.Cake. This site is a visual gathering a party ideas. Total eye candy.

fun for fall and all for fun

Here are some fun fall craft/party ideas I have stumbled across and would love to use.

Martha's Pumpkin Balloon game.

Halloween Roundup at One Pretty thing has lots of different links for craft ideas.

Acorn Dough Nuts. These were in family fun and were so stinking cute I could hardly stand it!

Another Family Fun snack is to make a "salsa" of apples and use cinnamon tortilla chips to dip. Add some variety on the chips by cookie-cutting them into fall/halloween shapes before baking. Apple dip recipe is found here.

Hopefully these are a few ideas to get the creative juices flowing as we approach fall. I know I have some ideas and need to get some doughnuts stat.