Peachy Desserts
Here are six Peachy Desserts to get us through the weekend, including Perfect Peach Pie (which I'm sure my mom would have loved) and Brown Butter Peach Cupcakes. Enjoy!
PEACH DUMP CAKE
This is from Lena Abraham at Delish. For this yumminess, Lena wrote, "Summer is easily one of the busiest times of the year, and when you have a potluck every other night, the last thing you want to do is spend even more time in a hot kitchen. Introducing: the peach dump cake. With only three ingredients but endless flavor, this is the summer dessert that we come back to again and again."
Prep Time: 5 minutes; Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes; Yield: 12 servings
To view this online, go to https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a27973835/peach-dump-cake-recipe/.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
2 (15-oz.) cans sliced peaches in syrup
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 box yellow cake mix
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter, very thinly sliced
Ice cream, for serving
Ingredients
Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9"-x-13" baking dish with cooking spray. Combine peaches along with syrup and cinnamon in prepared baking dish and stir to combine.
Pour cake mix over peaches in an even layer. Layer butter evenly on top.
Bake until fruit is bubbly and cake is cooked through, 50 to 55 minutes.
Serve with ice cream.
PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
This is from Melissa Clark in The New York Times cooking enewsletter. For this recipe, Melissa wrote, "Upside-down cakes are easy, adaptable and beautiful no matter what kind of fruit you use. This one calls for any kind of summer stone fruit — peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums — whatever looks ripe and juicy. Caramelizing the brown sugar in a skillet before adding the fruit gives it all a particularly deep, complex flavor. Because of the moisture in the topping, you’ll need to bake this cake a little longer than other, similar butter cakes. Underbaked cake will be soggy and apt to fall apart, but an ideal result will have a well-browned surface and dark, slightly crunchy edges."
Total Time: 1 hour, plus cooling; Yield: 1 (10-inch) cake
This was featured in "Take Your Cakes to the Upside Down," and can be viewed online at https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023374-peach-upside-down-cake. While you're at it, if you haven't already signed up for The New York Times cooking enewsletter, I highly recommend doing so. Great recipes, guides, and more.
Ingredients
For the Fruit Topping
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (see Tip)
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
3 cups sliced ripe but firm peaches, or use 3 cups sliced nectarines, plums or apricots (about 1-1/4 pounds before pitting)
For the Cake
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus more for greasing the pan
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream or plain whole-milk yogurt
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Preparation
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Make the topping: In an oven-safe 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add the brown sugar, lemon juice and salt, and whisk until the brown sugar melts, 1 to 2 minutes.
Let cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture starts to smell like caramel and darkens slightly, about 1 minute longer. (Don’t walk away or the mixture may burn.) The mixture will clump and separate, but that’s OK.
Add fruit, gently tossing to coat with the caramel. Remove from the heat and arrange fruit into an even layer on the bottom of the skillet. Ignore any sugar clumps; they will dissolve during baking.
Make the cake: In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest until thoroughly combined. Whisk in eggs, one at a time. Add sour cream and whisk until well mixed. Sprinkle in baking powder, salt and baking soda into the batter, one at a time, whisking vigorously after each addition.
Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in flour until just incorporated. The mixture will be lumpy, but that’s OK. Don’t overmix. Scrape batter into the skillet over the fruit and spread evenly.
Bake until surface is deeply browned all over (with darker brown edges) and the fruit is lightly bubbling around the sides of the skillet, about 35 to 45 minutes, rotating halfway through. A toothpick inserted into cake will come out clean.
Once the cake is out of the oven, immediately run a butter knife or offset spatula around the edge of the skillet. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes to cool slightly. Carefully invert cake into serving platter. If some fruit sticks to bottom of skillet, gently remove using offset spatula or knife and place back onto cake. Let cake cool until the fruit topping sets, at least 30 minutes to 1 hour, before serving. Cake is best served on the day it is baked.
Tip
Since you’ll need the lemon juice for the topping and the grated zest for the cake, it’s best to zest the lemon before you cut it and juice it.
PERFECT PEACH PIE
This is from Sam Sifton in The New York Times cooking enewsletter. For this recipe, Sam wrote, "Eat a perfect peach under the summer sun and you'll experience the fruit at its messy, dripping, sugar-bright best. Rinse your chin and understand that no melon, apricot or blackberry can compete. But how often does this happen? For most of us, a great and truly perfect peach is a rare event. We can expect but one or two a season, for all our trying. Enter the pie. A peach pie can elevate good peaches to excellence and great ones to the sublime. Even a peach pie made with frozen fruit is a terrific thing. The addition of sugar helps; so, too, do a dash of lemon juice and a light sprinkle of nutmeg, which offers a slight bitterness to offset the sweet. Add a crown of vanilla ice cream for a perfect diner-style à la mode effect."
Total Time: 2 hours; Yield: 6 to 8 servings
This was featured in "Each A Peach," and can be viewed online at https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017525-perfect-peach-pie.
Also, check out Melissa Clark's guide, "How to Make a Pie Crust." Very helpful...
Finally, if you haven't already signed up for The New York Times cooking enewsletter, I highly recommend it. Loads of great recipes (yes, like this one), great guides (see Melissa Clark's guide, above, as an example), and more...
Ingredients
For the Pie Dough
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Yolk of 1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1/4 cup water, from 3/4 cup ice water
White of 1 egg, beaten
Pinch granulated sugar
For the Filling
6 or 7 ripe peaches, peeled and sliced, approximately 5 cups
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Pinch of ground nutmeg
Preparation
Make the pie dough. Using your fingertips or the pulse function of a food processor, blend together the flour, butter and salt until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. There should be pebbles of butter throughout the mixture.
Add egg yolk and vinegar to 1/4 cup ice water, and stir to combine. Drizzle 4 tablespoons of this mixture over the dough, and gently stir or pulse to combine. Gather a golf-ball-size bit of dough, and squeeze to combine. If it does not hold together, add a little more of the liquid, and stir or pulse, then check again. Repeat as necessary.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and gather together into a rough ball. Divide the ball in half with a knife or a pastry scraper, then divide each portion in half again, and again, to create 8 portions. Using the heel of your hand, flatten each portion of dough once or twice to expand the pebbles of butter, then gather the dough together again in one ball. Divide this ball in half.
Flatten each ball into a 5- or 6-inch disc, one slightly larger than the other. Wrap the discs in plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator for at least 60 minutes.
Preheat oven to 425. Make the pie filling: Combine sliced peaches, lemon juice, sugar and flour in a large bowl, and gently mix to combine. Set aside.
Take the larger of the pastry discs out of the refrigerator, roll it out on a lightly floured surface and place in a 9-inch pie plate. Add the peaches. Sprinkle them with the ground nutmeg.
Roll out second disc of pastry. Place on top of filling. Wet edges of the bottom pastry disc with some cold water. Trim pastry, pinch bottom and top edges together and cut a few slits to allow steam to escape from the pie. Brush the egg white on the top, particularly around the edges, and sprinkle with a pinch of granulated sugar.
Bake the pie for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 375. Cook until peaches bubble and pastry is golden, approximately 45 minutes to an hour.
SHORTCUT PEACH COBBLER
This is from Diana Rattray on The Spruce Eats. Diana wrote, “This peach cobbler has long been a popular way to make a cobbler quickly. This version is made with canned sliced peaches, and it's perfect for when you don't have time to peel and pit several peaches. Or when peaches aren't in season.
“The batter calls for self-rising flour, but if you don't have it you may substitute with 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1-1/2 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of table salt.
“This is an excellent dessert to make on a busy day, and it's a popular cobbler in the South. Take it along to a summer cookout or potluck!”
Prep Time: 10 minutes; Cook Timie: 50 minutes; Total Time: 60 minutes; Yield: 1 9X13 pan (8 servings)
To view this online, click here.
Ingredients
1 stick (4 ounces) butter
1 cup self-rising flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup milk (low-fat is fine)
1 large can (29 ounces) sliced peaches in heavy syrup
Directions
Heat the oven to 350 F.
Put the butter in a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan or a 2-1/2 to 3 quart baking dish and place it in the oven until the butter has melted.
Meanwhile, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl and stir to blend. Stir in the milk until well blended.
Take the pan out of the oven and pour the batter over the butter.
Spoon the peaches with syrup evenly over the batter.
Bake the peach cobbler for 45 to 55 minutes, until the topping is golden brown around the edges and lightly browned in the center.
GINGER-PEACH SORBET
This is from page 46 of the July/August 2012 issue of Vegetarian Times. The recipe states, “Fresh peaches, lightly cooked with a bit of sugar and fresh, spicy ginger, play double duty. Pulse the frozen cubes in the food processor with a splash of Prosecco and you have a light, flaky sorbet. Thaw the cubes, omit the prosecco, and use the mixture as a topper for ice cream or angel food cake.” Serves 6.
Ingredients
6 very ripe medium peaches (3 lb.)
1/4 cup sugar
4-1/4-inch-thick coins fresh ginger
2 Tbs. lemon juice
2 tsp. grated lemon zest
6 Tbs. Prosecco or white wine
Directions
Score X on bottom of each peach. Place in bowl, and cover with boiling water. Let stand 10 minutes. Drain, and rinse under cold water. Remove skins and pits, and chop.
Bring peaches, sugar, ginger, lemon juice, and lemon zest to a boil in saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 5 minutes, or until peaches are soft.
Remove ginger, transfer peach mixture to food processor, and blend until smooth. Cool.
Pour cooled sauce into 6-1/2-cup silicone molds or muffin pan cups. Press plastic wrap over surface of molds to seal out air. Freeze 4 hours, or until completely solid, then transfer to freezer bag to store.
To make sorbet: Pulse frozen cubes and Prosecco in food processor until smooth. Transfer to freezer-safe container, and freeze until ready to serve.
nutritional information Per 1/2-cup serving: Calories: 121; Protein: 2 g; Total Fat: less than 1 g; Saturated Fat: less than 1 g; Carbohydrates: 28 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: less than 1 mg; Fiber: 3 g; Sugar: 25 g; Vegan; Gluten-Free
BROWN BUTTER PEACH CUPCAKES
One of the email newsletters that I receive is from Delish. They find recipes from a variety of places; this comes from Chocolate With Grace, and starts, “Browned butter and peaches make these cupcakes with a tender, moist crumb perfect for summertime celebrations.” Serves: 18 cupcakes
To view this online, click here.
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
3/4 cup butter
1 cup peach puree*
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 cups finely diced peaches
For the Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup peach puree*
1 tsp vanilla
5-6 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Brown the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Remove the butter from the heat and pour into a separate heat proof bowl to stop the browning. Cool completely.
Preheat oven to 325 F. Whisk together the brown butter, peach puree, brown sugar, white sugar and vanilla. Beat in eggs. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Gently stir into the large bowl along with diced peaches, mixing until just combined.
Fill lined cupcake tins 3/4 full. Bake for 20 minutes or until the spring back when lightly touched. Cool completely on wire racks.
To make the frosting, beat together butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in peach puree and vanilla. Add enough of the powdered sugar until a piping or spreading consistency is reached. Spread or pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
*To make Peach Puree, heat 3 cups of diced peaches, 1 T lemon juice, 1 T water and 1 T white sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and let it simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and let cool to a warm temperature. Blend in a blender until smooth. Cool completely before use.
PEACH DUMP CAKE
This is from Lena Abraham at Delish. For this yumminess, Lena wrote, "Summer is easily one of the busiest times of the year, and when you have a potluck every other night, the last thing you want to do is spend even more time in a hot kitchen. Introducing: the peach dump cake. With only three ingredients but endless flavor, this is the summer dessert that we come back to again and again."
Prep Time: 5 minutes; Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes; Yield: 12 servings
To view this online, go to https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a27973835/peach-dump-cake-recipe/.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
2 (15-oz.) cans sliced peaches in syrup
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 box yellow cake mix
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter, very thinly sliced
Ice cream, for serving
Ingredients
Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9"-x-13" baking dish with cooking spray. Combine peaches along with syrup and cinnamon in prepared baking dish and stir to combine.
Pour cake mix over peaches in an even layer. Layer butter evenly on top.
Bake until fruit is bubbly and cake is cooked through, 50 to 55 minutes.
Serve with ice cream.
PEACH UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
This is from Melissa Clark in The New York Times cooking enewsletter. For this recipe, Melissa wrote, "Upside-down cakes are easy, adaptable and beautiful no matter what kind of fruit you use. This one calls for any kind of summer stone fruit — peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums — whatever looks ripe and juicy. Caramelizing the brown sugar in a skillet before adding the fruit gives it all a particularly deep, complex flavor. Because of the moisture in the topping, you’ll need to bake this cake a little longer than other, similar butter cakes. Underbaked cake will be soggy and apt to fall apart, but an ideal result will have a well-browned surface and dark, slightly crunchy edges."
Total Time: 1 hour, plus cooling; Yield: 1 (10-inch) cake
This was featured in "Take Your Cakes to the Upside Down," and can be viewed online at https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023374-peach-upside-down-cake. While you're at it, if you haven't already signed up for The New York Times cooking enewsletter, I highly recommend doing so. Great recipes, guides, and more.
Ingredients
For the Fruit Topping
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/3 cup light brown sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (see Tip)
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
3 cups sliced ripe but firm peaches, or use 3 cups sliced nectarines, plums or apricots (about 1-1/4 pounds before pitting)
For the Cake
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus more for greasing the pan
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream or plain whole-milk yogurt
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Preparation
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Make the topping: In an oven-safe 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add the brown sugar, lemon juice and salt, and whisk until the brown sugar melts, 1 to 2 minutes.
Let cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture starts to smell like caramel and darkens slightly, about 1 minute longer. (Don’t walk away or the mixture may burn.) The mixture will clump and separate, but that’s OK.
Add fruit, gently tossing to coat with the caramel. Remove from the heat and arrange fruit into an even layer on the bottom of the skillet. Ignore any sugar clumps; they will dissolve during baking.
Make the cake: In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest until thoroughly combined. Whisk in eggs, one at a time. Add sour cream and whisk until well mixed. Sprinkle in baking powder, salt and baking soda into the batter, one at a time, whisking vigorously after each addition.
Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in flour until just incorporated. The mixture will be lumpy, but that’s OK. Don’t overmix. Scrape batter into the skillet over the fruit and spread evenly.
Bake until surface is deeply browned all over (with darker brown edges) and the fruit is lightly bubbling around the sides of the skillet, about 35 to 45 minutes, rotating halfway through. A toothpick inserted into cake will come out clean.
Once the cake is out of the oven, immediately run a butter knife or offset spatula around the edge of the skillet. Let sit for 10 to 15 minutes to cool slightly. Carefully invert cake into serving platter. If some fruit sticks to bottom of skillet, gently remove using offset spatula or knife and place back onto cake. Let cake cool until the fruit topping sets, at least 30 minutes to 1 hour, before serving. Cake is best served on the day it is baked.
Tip
Since you’ll need the lemon juice for the topping and the grated zest for the cake, it’s best to zest the lemon before you cut it and juice it.
PERFECT PEACH PIE
This is from Sam Sifton in The New York Times cooking enewsletter. For this recipe, Sam wrote, "Eat a perfect peach under the summer sun and you'll experience the fruit at its messy, dripping, sugar-bright best. Rinse your chin and understand that no melon, apricot or blackberry can compete. But how often does this happen? For most of us, a great and truly perfect peach is a rare event. We can expect but one or two a season, for all our trying. Enter the pie. A peach pie can elevate good peaches to excellence and great ones to the sublime. Even a peach pie made with frozen fruit is a terrific thing. The addition of sugar helps; so, too, do a dash of lemon juice and a light sprinkle of nutmeg, which offers a slight bitterness to offset the sweet. Add a crown of vanilla ice cream for a perfect diner-style à la mode effect."
Total Time: 2 hours; Yield: 6 to 8 servings
This was featured in "Each A Peach," and can be viewed online at https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017525-perfect-peach-pie.
Also, check out Melissa Clark's guide, "How to Make a Pie Crust." Very helpful...
Finally, if you haven't already signed up for The New York Times cooking enewsletter, I highly recommend it. Loads of great recipes (yes, like this one), great guides (see Melissa Clark's guide, above, as an example), and more...
Ingredients
For the Pie Dough
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Yolk of 1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1/4 cup water, from 3/4 cup ice water
White of 1 egg, beaten
Pinch granulated sugar
For the Filling
6 or 7 ripe peaches, peeled and sliced, approximately 5 cups
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Pinch of ground nutmeg
Preparation
Make the pie dough. Using your fingertips or the pulse function of a food processor, blend together the flour, butter and salt until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. There should be pebbles of butter throughout the mixture.
Add egg yolk and vinegar to 1/4 cup ice water, and stir to combine. Drizzle 4 tablespoons of this mixture over the dough, and gently stir or pulse to combine. Gather a golf-ball-size bit of dough, and squeeze to combine. If it does not hold together, add a little more of the liquid, and stir or pulse, then check again. Repeat as necessary.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and gather together into a rough ball. Divide the ball in half with a knife or a pastry scraper, then divide each portion in half again, and again, to create 8 portions. Using the heel of your hand, flatten each portion of dough once or twice to expand the pebbles of butter, then gather the dough together again in one ball. Divide this ball in half.
Flatten each ball into a 5- or 6-inch disc, one slightly larger than the other. Wrap the discs in plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator for at least 60 minutes.
Preheat oven to 425. Make the pie filling: Combine sliced peaches, lemon juice, sugar and flour in a large bowl, and gently mix to combine. Set aside.
Take the larger of the pastry discs out of the refrigerator, roll it out on a lightly floured surface and place in a 9-inch pie plate. Add the peaches. Sprinkle them with the ground nutmeg.
Roll out second disc of pastry. Place on top of filling. Wet edges of the bottom pastry disc with some cold water. Trim pastry, pinch bottom and top edges together and cut a few slits to allow steam to escape from the pie. Brush the egg white on the top, particularly around the edges, and sprinkle with a pinch of granulated sugar.
Bake the pie for 15 minutes, then reduce heat to 375. Cook until peaches bubble and pastry is golden, approximately 45 minutes to an hour.
SHORTCUT PEACH COBBLER
This is from Diana Rattray on The Spruce Eats. Diana wrote, “This peach cobbler has long been a popular way to make a cobbler quickly. This version is made with canned sliced peaches, and it's perfect for when you don't have time to peel and pit several peaches. Or when peaches aren't in season.
“The batter calls for self-rising flour, but if you don't have it you may substitute with 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1-1/2 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of table salt.
“This is an excellent dessert to make on a busy day, and it's a popular cobbler in the South. Take it along to a summer cookout or potluck!”
Prep Time: 10 minutes; Cook Timie: 50 minutes; Total Time: 60 minutes; Yield: 1 9X13 pan (8 servings)
To view this online, click here.
Ingredients
1 stick (4 ounces) butter
1 cup self-rising flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup milk (low-fat is fine)
1 large can (29 ounces) sliced peaches in heavy syrup
Directions
Heat the oven to 350 F.
Put the butter in a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan or a 2-1/2 to 3 quart baking dish and place it in the oven until the butter has melted.
Meanwhile, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl and stir to blend. Stir in the milk until well blended.
Take the pan out of the oven and pour the batter over the butter.
Spoon the peaches with syrup evenly over the batter.
Bake the peach cobbler for 45 to 55 minutes, until the topping is golden brown around the edges and lightly browned in the center.
GINGER-PEACH SORBET
This is from page 46 of the July/August 2012 issue of Vegetarian Times. The recipe states, “Fresh peaches, lightly cooked with a bit of sugar and fresh, spicy ginger, play double duty. Pulse the frozen cubes in the food processor with a splash of Prosecco and you have a light, flaky sorbet. Thaw the cubes, omit the prosecco, and use the mixture as a topper for ice cream or angel food cake.” Serves 6.
Ingredients
6 very ripe medium peaches (3 lb.)
1/4 cup sugar
4-1/4-inch-thick coins fresh ginger
2 Tbs. lemon juice
2 tsp. grated lemon zest
6 Tbs. Prosecco or white wine
Directions
Score X on bottom of each peach. Place in bowl, and cover with boiling water. Let stand 10 minutes. Drain, and rinse under cold water. Remove skins and pits, and chop.
Bring peaches, sugar, ginger, lemon juice, and lemon zest to a boil in saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 5 minutes, or until peaches are soft.
Remove ginger, transfer peach mixture to food processor, and blend until smooth. Cool.
Pour cooled sauce into 6-1/2-cup silicone molds or muffin pan cups. Press plastic wrap over surface of molds to seal out air. Freeze 4 hours, or until completely solid, then transfer to freezer bag to store.
To make sorbet: Pulse frozen cubes and Prosecco in food processor until smooth. Transfer to freezer-safe container, and freeze until ready to serve.
nutritional information Per 1/2-cup serving: Calories: 121; Protein: 2 g; Total Fat: less than 1 g; Saturated Fat: less than 1 g; Carbohydrates: 28 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: less than 1 mg; Fiber: 3 g; Sugar: 25 g; Vegan; Gluten-Free
BROWN BUTTER PEACH CUPCAKES
One of the email newsletters that I receive is from Delish. They find recipes from a variety of places; this comes from Chocolate With Grace, and starts, “Browned butter and peaches make these cupcakes with a tender, moist crumb perfect for summertime celebrations.” Serves: 18 cupcakes
To view this online, click here.
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
3/4 cup butter
1 cup peach puree*
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 cups finely diced peaches
For the Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup peach puree*
1 tsp vanilla
5-6 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Brown the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Remove the butter from the heat and pour into a separate heat proof bowl to stop the browning. Cool completely.
Preheat oven to 325 F. Whisk together the brown butter, peach puree, brown sugar, white sugar and vanilla. Beat in eggs. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Gently stir into the large bowl along with diced peaches, mixing until just combined.
Fill lined cupcake tins 3/4 full. Bake for 20 minutes or until the spring back when lightly touched. Cool completely on wire racks.
To make the frosting, beat together butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in peach puree and vanilla. Add enough of the powdered sugar until a piping or spreading consistency is reached. Spread or pipe onto cooled cupcakes.
*To make Peach Puree, heat 3 cups of diced peaches, 1 T lemon juice, 1 T water and 1 T white sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and let it simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and let cool to a warm temperature. Blend in a blender until smooth. Cool completely before use.
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