Farmer Boy Recipe for "National Peach Month"

This comes from one of my family recipes.  I had to translate or interpret some of it in order to post it here.  And I'm not quite sure of what to call it!  As it passed through the generations, it lost its name!  When someone in the family had a taste for it, they just said, "Could we have some of that Peach Stuff?"  It seems to me to be part custard, part pie, part cobbler, part cake - so I'm calling it:

Farmer Boy Peach - Custard Treat

Ingredients:

For the botttom crust:

• 1 Cup of all-purpose flour
• 2 Tablespoons of sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 1/8 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1/4 Cup of butter, slightly softened

For the filling portion:

• Cups of fresh peaches, sliced or roughly chopped
• 1/3 Cup of sugar
• 2 Tablespoons of all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• About 2 Tablespoons of butter (dotted onto the surface)

For the custard topping:

• 1/4 Cup of sugar
• 1/4 Cup of all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch of ground nutmeg
• 2 large egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 1 Cup of heavy cream

Directions: In a bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, salt, and powder.  Cut in the butter.  Press this into an 8x8 inch pan, coming up the sides a little ways.

In a large bowl, mix together the peaches, sugar, flour, and cinnamon.  Pour this into the pan, on top of the crust.  Dot the surface with the butter.

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees F. for about 15 minutes.

Mix together the topping ingredients.  Remove the pan from the oven and add the topping.  Return the pan to the oven and bake for another 25 to 35 minutes (till it is set and the edges bubble and turn a dark golden color).  Serve after cooling about 15 minutes or so.

This will serve 4-6 or 1 really hungry Farmer Boy!  You may wish to serve this while it is still warm and top it with a scoop of vanilla or peach ice cream - Yee Haw!  (If you need ice cream recipes - I have some here, in my archives.)

If you think of a better name for this dish, as you serve it to your folks, you have my permission to use that name at that time, but as it sits - to me it is "Farmer Boy Peach-Custard Treat".  Any way you dish it up, its a great way to celebrate "National Peach Month"!

If you make this, please come back and leave a comment here.  Thanks.

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