Filling
8 cups sliced fresh peaches, pits removed
2 tbsp. fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. flour Topping
1 ½ cups flour
¾ cup sugar
½ cup brown sugar
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
¾ cup butter, cut into pieces
1 large egg
Heat
the oven to 350º.
Combine
the peaches, lemon juice, sugar and flour in a large bowl
and gently toss the ingredients to combine.
Pour
the filling ingredients into a 9 x 13 baking dish and set
aside.
In
another bowl combine the flour, sugars, baking powder, soda,
cinnamon and nutmeg. Cut the butter into the mixture with
a pastry cutter until the mixture resembles large peas.
Distribute the toping evenly over the peaches in the baking
pan.
Bake
for 40 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and bubbling.
Serve
the crisp warm with vanilla
ice cream.
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