Fort Peaches

This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Gingham Estate in Fort Worth, Texas in 1992.
 * Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

Ingredients

 * 12 ounce can peaches
 * 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
 * ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
 * 4 ounces butter
 * 4 ounces granulated sugar
 * 2 ounces peach schnapps or peach liqueur
 * 4 scoops of good vanilla ice cream

Directions

 * 1) Melt butter then add sugar and cook for 3 minutes.
 * 2) Strain peaches and add juice to sugar mixture and simmer 5 minutes then add cinnamon, nutmeg and peaches and simmer 2 minutes longer.
 * 3) Add peach liquor and serve over ice cream.