Peach Crumb Cake Mix

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All I can say about this recipe is YUM!! In addition to my Choke Cherry Jelly Jars I have ready for the holidays, I also made a few Peach Crumb Cake Mix Jars. I recently baked one, just to test it out. You know, make sure it is a quality product. IT IS! So I'm sharing with you!

3/4 C. Sugar

3/4 C. Quick Oats

3/4 C. Brown Sugar

2 C. All-purpose flour

2 tsp. Baking powder

1/2 tsp. Salt

In a 1-quart container of your choice, layer the above ingredients in order given. Pack each layer into the container before adding the next ingredient.

FOR LABEL:

1 jar Peach Crumb Cake Mix

3/4 C. butter or margarine

1 (29 oz.) can peach pie filling

Preheat oven to 350. Empty the contents of jar into mixing bowl, stirring to combine (if brown sugar is hard, microwave for 10 seconds.) Melt butter and stir into dry ingredients to form a crumbly mixture. Press half of the crumbs into a greased 9 x 13" pan and top with peach pie filling. Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture over filling. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

You WILL want Ice cream or PLENTY of milk to go with this dessert! It is RICH and DELICIOUS!

Choke Cherry Adventure

Here is the sticky process of making Choke Cherry Jelly. First one must retrieve all of the choke cherries from the freezer and then pick out all of the leaves that made it into the freezer bags. Rinsing carefully, also remove as many stems as you can get your hands on.

I found a recipe on Cooks.com for the jelly. I would recommend it because I find the end result just fantastic:

CHOKE CHERRY JELLY

3 c. choke cherry juice

1 c. apple juice

1 pkg. Sure Jell

5 1/2 c. sugar

Put washed choke cherries in kettle with enough water to cover. Boil until cherries are soft. Drain off juice. Mix in saucepan, choke cherry juice, apple juice and Sure Jell, boil to hard rolling boil. Add sugar and boil until it thickens slightly on spoon. Seal in jars.

I did, according to the package of Sure Jell, then hot water bath the jelly jars for about 15 minutes a batch. This sealed them perfectly! I had enough juice to make a double recipe which resulted in about 15 cups (or 15 8oz. Jelly Jars) worth of product! YEA!

Then I decorated said little Jelly Jars for the Christmas Holidays that are soon upon us. It was a long, hot, sticky day...but totally worth it. And now that I've done it once, I'm sure the next time will be even easier!