BANANA & PEACH CRUMBLE

(Serves 8-10)

This recipe is not your usual fruit crumble recipe. This crumble mixture has a cookie texture which makes it more 'short' or buttery that my family likes.  You can also add about 3-4 tablespoons of rolled oats to the crumble mixture for more bite.

1 large canned peaches in slices, drained

3-4 large bananas

2 tbspn lemon juice

grated rind from 1 lemon

few dashes of cinnamon powder

Crumble mixture:

160g g butter, chopped
1.5 cups all purpose flour

3/4 cup soft brown sugar

1 cup chopped nuts (almond or walnut)

1.  Using a 8"square glass pan (I use Pyrex), place sliced peaches at the base of pan.

2.  Peel bananas and slice thickly (about 1/4") and place these on top of the peaches.

3.  Pour in lemon juices and sprinkle on rind and cinnamon powder.

4.  In a mixing bowl, rub in chopped butter into flour and stir in brown sugar.  You can also do this very quickly in a food processor; just put the crumble mixture into the food processing machine and process until just combined.

5.  Spread crumble mixture evenly on top of the fruits.  Top with chopped nuts.

6.  Bake it preheated oven in moderate temperature (180 deg C) for about 30-40 minutes or until brown.

7.  Serve hot or cold with vanilla ice cream.