I Blame My Mother: Cheerios Peach Crisp

Monday, February 7, 2011

Cheerios Peach Crisp

The folks at Cheerios asked me to come up with a breakfast or springtime experience my family will love using Original Cheerios and seasonal ingredients. I made a Carmel Apple Cheerios Picnic Mix and then couldn't accept that I made it using fall ingredients (even though it is great for spring picnics). The next thing I came upon were peaches. Our family drives through Georgia each year, stops at a roadside stand and loads up on peaches. I freeze them just for peach crisp and they are still so pretty when spring roles around. So on my second attempt I came up with a peach crisp using a ground Cheerio topping. YUM!! We all love this. The Cheerios give the streusel topping so much more depth of flavor than a regular white flour base. This will be my go-to peach crisp. So, can we all get on board with peaches as a spring ingredient? LOL, probably not. I missed the mark again with the seasonal ingredients but I sure didn't miss the mark with the recipe! I even ate it the next morning for breakfast, you know, just to be in line with the given theme :) Try it!

Peach Crisp with Cheerio Streusel

Filling:

9 ripe peaches, peel and pit, sliced

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 Tablespoons wheat flour (or ground Cheerios)

Topping:

1 stick cold butter

3 1/3 cups Cheerios, divided

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Combine peaches, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and flour in a 9x13 pan.

Put 3 cups of Cheerios in a blender and blend until it's the consistency of flour.

Combine ground Cheerios, butter, sugars and cinnamon in a large bowl.

Using your hands (or a pastry cutter) rub through your fingers until the topping is a coarse texture. Add remaining 1/2 cup of Cheerios and blend well (smoosh the butter mixture all around the whole Cheerios)