This quick and easy recipe will become one of your family’s favorites.

4 cups peeled and sliced peaches
1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar, divided in half.
6 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups milk
Ground cinnamon or nutmeg, optional

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Combine peaches, 1/2 cup sugar, and water in saucepan, and mix well. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Place butter in 3-quart baking pan and melt in the oven. Mix remaining sugar, flour and milk.

Pour mixture over melted butter (don’t stir). Spoon fruit and juice gently over batter. Sprinkle with spices, if desired. Bake 30 to 45 minutes. Serve warm with Longmont Dairy cream whipped or ice cream.

From the kitchen of Susan Boyd
MOOO News, August 2011