Peach Crunch

 Time for a family favorite! My mom is the type of person who bakes lots of goodies for lots of different events. Every Sunday, she bakes a coffee cake for her Sunday School class. She was a "room mom" and a PTA member when I was in elementary school, so she was always having to bake things, either for a classroom party or a teacher appreciation lunch or whatever else goes on at a school involving tasty treats. :) She's also had quite a few parties at her office, and often gives baked goods as Christmas gifts. Our kitchen certainly gets used often!

Over the years, she's developed quite a few really easy recipes to ease the burden of having to bake tons and tons of things. Most of them rely on ingredients a lot of people would use, like cake mix and pre-fab cookie dough. However, she adds more to them and so they always taste delicious and like they took tons of time to make.

Peach Crunch is a perennial favorite! My mom usually makes it for our family, but whenever she brings it to a luncheon/party it always gets rave reviews. And no wonder! The filling is perfect, the topping is crisp and buttery, and it all melts in your mouth. Hard to believe it only requires 4 (in a pinch, 3!) ingredients, right? And two of them are super-easy to find: cake mix and pie filling. This is the perfect dessert to make for lazy/busy people who also want something tasty. :) It's best served fresh out of the oven, with vanilla ice cream.

I usually bake Peach Crunch in a 9x9" pan, but you don't have to stick to that. The pan I used this time around was more like a loaf pan, and it still worked out! Any square or round pan around that size should work just fine. As far as the recipe goes, it's really flexible - make it easy on yourself and just work with what you have. If you don't like peaches, feel free to substitute in any pie filling you want - apple or cherry would probably work great, though my family always uses peach. The cake mix variety is also up to you - yellow cake would make an equally good topping.

 

Peach Crunch

Ingredients

• 1 can peach pie filling
• 1 box white cake mix
• 1 stick butter
• 1 T. cinnamon sugar

Before you start:Preheat the oven to 365 degrees, and melt the butter in a microwave. About a minute and a half on high should do it! 

Recipe

1. Grease a pan with cooking spray, and then pour the can of pie filling into the pan. Use a fork to spread it out evenly, then sprinkle the top with cinnamon sugar.
2. Stir the melted butter into the cake mix until it is completely combined - clumps should form. Crumble the mixture over the top of the peaches, being sure to completely cover the fruit with the crumble.
3. Bake for 30-45 minutes. The top should be browned all over and the filling should be bubbly. Let cool for a few minutes before serving.

Thanks for reading and happy cooking!