Peach Puzzle

Name: Peach Puzzle
Yield: Serves 7
Ingredients: 7 , medium peaches, peeled (see note); 3/4 cup packed (5¼ ounces; 149 grams), light brown sugar; 6 tablespoons, water; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon, table salt; 1 1/4 cups (6¼ ounces; 177 grams), all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into ¼-inch pieces and chilled; 6 tablespoons, milk

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2007

Desserts or Baked Goods

Peach Puzzle relies on an inventive technique to elevate the simple combination of flaky biscuit dough, sweet peaches, and brown sugar syrup.

SERVES7

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This Peach Puzzle recipe has all the pizzazz of a magic trick, as well as beautiful presentation and all-around good taste. The unusual recipe’s technique includes placing a custard cup upside down in the center of a pie plate. Peeled peach...

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