peach coffee cake

Peaches!!!

Fresh fruit into a delicious coffee cake!

Ingredients

1 1/2 to 2 cups sliced, peeled peaches (or apricots or apples)
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

Procedure

For filling, in a medium saucepan combine fruit and water.  Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered about 5 minutes or until fruit is tender.  Combine the 1/4 cup sugar and cornstarch; stir into fruit.  cook and stir over medium heat until mixtre is thickened and bubbly.  cook and stir 2 minutes more; set filling aside.

In a meduim bowl combine the 1 1/2 cups flour, the 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and baking soda.  Cut in the 1/4 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Make a well in the center of the flour mixture; set aside.

In another bowl combine egg, buttermilk, and vanilla.  add the egg mixture all at once to the flour mixture.  using a wooden spoon, stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).  spread half of the batter into an ungreased baking pan.  Spread filling over batter.  drop remaining batter in small mounds onto filling. 

In a small bowl stir together the 1/4 cup flour and the 1/4 cup sugar.  cut in the 2 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  sprinkle over coffee cake.  bake in a 350 oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until golden.

Serve warm.