Caramel Pecan Crumb Peaches à la mode

I have been dreaming up this recipe for about 10.5 months now! 😉 Just waiting for peach season to start in Texas and then free time to concoct the recipe! So it happened today that I had an early morning photo shoot and then I took the rest of the afternoon off to “kid-sit” while my parents went to an appointment. 5 kiddos under 12, Lunch on and off, cleaned up, then a diaper change, get cups of water, and it’s NAP TIME or what we call “quiet time”! 🙂 I set their timer for 1 hour and then thought, “why not see if I can’t create the recipe in this 1 hour?” Challenging? For me, yes! 🙂 If I take pictures of my baking, it takes about twice as long to bake whatever I am baking but I was up for the challenge!

The recipe I had been dreaming up? A fresh peach halved, drizzled with a delicious caramel, topped with a pecan maple-sweetened crumb topping, baked until soft and golden, and then topped off{while still warm} with a dollop of ice cream and {generous}caramel drizzle! And it just so happened that I have what seems to be{thankfully :)} a “never-ending jar” of slickepott and our extremely generous neighbor blessed us with pecans from her pecan tree. So I was set! 🙂 Yep, it was just as good as I hoped it would be! The great thing about so many siblings is that you only get a taste of whatever you make…. so you unknowingly  go on a diet unless you make a dozen and a half of something! This recipe made 2 and once I was finished the kiddos quickly devoured them! 😉

Yields 2 delightfully decadent servings!

Ingredients

• 1 fresh and perfectly ripened peach
• Caramel Sauce {Used slickepott but if you can’t get a jar home-made is second best. 😉 I have a recipe ::here::}
• 2 1/2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp pure maple syrup
• 1/4 cup pecans {chopped}
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• dash salt
• vanilla ice cream

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees!
2. Place  flour, maple, cinnamon, and salt in bowl. Cut in 2 TBS butter and then stir in nuts! Place in freezer for 10 minutes.
3. Generously butter a glass baking dish. Half and pit the peach! Drizzle with around 1 tbsp caramel sauce per half. Top both halves with crumb topping and bake for 25 minutes or until crumb is golden and peach soft! You will be able to tell by the smell!! 😉
4. Allow to cool for 5 minutes then plate! Top with vanilla ice cream and a generous amount of Caramel!
5. Enjoy!! 🙂

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