Summer Layered Peach Dessert

Last week Brad’s Uncle, Leonard Koehn, passed away.  We attended the family Memorial Service and a meal at the Holdeman Mennonite Church on Thursday evening and one of the desserts they served was this incredible peach dessert made from fresh Colorado Peaches.  I made it for the first time for Mom’s 65th Birthday celebration on Sunday and it was a huge hit!  It is now our families NEW favorite Summer dessert!  And, we hear the Colorado Peach Truck is coming to town again this Saturday, so we are making sure we get another box so we can make this dessert again.  It’s Marilyn Leving’s Recipe in the New Holdeman Mennonite Cookbook (The Prairie Range –pg. #315). 

CRUST:

• 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1 1/2 Cup Flour
• 3/4 Cup Butter

Mix together and press in  9x13 pan.  Bake at 400 for 10 minutes.  Crumble and bake again 8 minutes longer.  Burns easily.  Take out and crumble again. 

FILLING:

• 1 1/2 Pkg. cream cheese
• 1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
• 9 Oz. Cool Whip

Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar together, then add cool whip. Spread on top of cool crust.

TOPPING:

• 1 1/2 Cups Sugar
• 1 1/2 Cups Water
• 4 1/2 T. Cornstarch
• 3 T. or 1 small box peach Jello
• 4 Cups Peaches or however many you want

Mix sugar, water and cornstarch until thick.  Add jello while hot.  Cool  Add peaches and spread on top of dessert. 
ENJOY!!!!