Fresh Peach Crisp

Photo: flickr user indigotimbre

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 cup brown sugar, tightly packed

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

1 1/2 cups of ½ inch bread cubes (from 2-3 slices dry or toasted

4 cups sliced fresh peaches (4 to 6 peaches)

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon grated lemon rind

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Sift together flour, sugar, nutmeg, salt and cinnamon. Add brown sugar. Mix thoroughly. With a pastry blender or fork, cut butter into flour mixture until mixture is like coarse crumbs.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter bottom and sides of an 8-by-8-by-2 inch baking dish. Spread bread cubes over bottom. Mix remaining ingredients for filling. Spread over bread cubes. Cover fruit with crumble topping. Pat down so topping sticks to fruit. Bake 45 minutes. Serve warm with a pitcher of cream or topped with ice cream.