Sunday Brunch: Poached Peaches w/ Topping

INGREDIENTS:
2-3 Peaches per serving
2 cups Water
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup White Sugar
1 Vanilla Bean, cut lengthwise
2 Cinnamon Sticks, or tsp powdered cinnamon
dash Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp Peppercorns (optional)
Topping (more on this later)


In a pot, boil the water with the sugars, spices and lemon juice. Peel and slice the peaches and add to the boiling mixture. Lower the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally.

For a topping, use a warm toasted granola, or a vegan whipped cream, or whatever you'd like. I used Post Great Grains© cereal toasted in the oven at 350F for about 10-15 minutes with a bit of maple syrup, stirring every few minutes to prevent burning.

Sunday Brunch: Peaches and More Cobbler

Filling:
6 Peaches
1 or 2 Pears
Small Container of Raspberries
1/3 cup Sugar
4 tbsp flour

Topping:
1 Cup Flour
1 Cup Oats
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
Margarine (just enough to make the mixture crumbly..about 1/4 cup or so)

Preheat oven to 400F.

Slice peaches and pears into thin slices (no pits or seeds obviously) and add with the raspberries in a bowl. Coats with the 1/3 cup sugar and 4 tbsp flour and stir. Lay out in a 9x13 pan and set aside.

In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, oats and brown sugar. Knead in margarine in small amounts until the mixture sticks together in a way you can crumble it over the fruit.

Top the fruit mixture with the crumble and heat until the fruit sizzles, then broil until the top is browned.

Sunday Brunch - French Toast With Peaches and more

French Toast Ingredients:
6-8 Pieces of Bread
3/4 Cup Soy Milk
1-2 Ripe Bananas
3/4 tsp Cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla (or the scraping of 1 vanilla bean)
1 Tbsp Vegan Margarine (optional)

Blend the milk, banana, cinnamon and vanilla and transfer to a large plate or roasting pan. Dip the bread in the banana mixture and fry over medium heat in a large pan. If the bread is still too soft after browning both sides, put on a oil-sprayed cookie sheet in the oven at 350F until it reaches desired consistency. If you want to avoid the margarine, you can put it directly into the oven at 350F and flip halfway through.

Topping:
3 Ripe Peaches
2 tbsp Chopped Walnuts
2 tbsp Oats
1 1/2 tbsp Brown Sugar
1 tsp Shredded Coconut OR 1 tbsp Icing Sugar
Splash Maple Syrup
Dab of Vegan Margarine

In a medium pan, heat margarine over medium heat. Slice peaches into small slices and put into pan, heat for a few minutes. Add other ingredients (don't add the icing sugar if you are using it instead of coconut) and stir together. Heat until peaches are soft. Serve over the french toast! If you are using icing sugar, dust it over the french toast when the peach mixture is over top of it. Enjoy!