Easy Peach Cobbler
This summer has been crazy hot. I knew it would be a hot summer since I was pregnant and due at the end of July - figures, right? On July 7 it was around 100 degrees and humid and I was due in 3 weeks. I had a client meeting during the day, and was exhausted that night, but craving baked peaches. I had been thinking of my grandmom's amazing peach pie for days, but no way was I up for making a pie. I did have some peaches hanging around, so I decided to make an easy peach cobbler.
I'm nuts - 100 degrees, 9 months pregnant, and turning on my oven to bake?!? And that was after tearing apart my kitchen and cleaning like crazy. Little did I know that I was nesting - I went into labor just over 24 hours after taking that cobbler out of the oven. While in the hospital waiting to have our baby girl, all I could think of was that cobbler sitting in my fridge, so the next day I had Jon bring me a piece - SO much better than hospital food!
Easy peach cobbler - recipe from allrecipes.com.
Ingredients
For the peaches:
- 8 peaches, pitted and sliced. The recipe noted they should be peeled too - I didn't have the energy or patience for that and they were just fine!
- 1/4 c white sugar
- 1/4 c brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg (I didn't have any and didn't miss it)
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 tsp cornstarch
For the crust:
- 1 c flour
- 1/4 c white sugar
- 1/4 c brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
- 1/4 c boiling water
- 3 tbsp white sugar mixed with 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- In a large bowl, combine the ingredients for the peaches. Toss to coat, then pour into a baking dish. Bake in a preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine some of the ingredients for the crust: flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt. Blend in the butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. Finally, stir in the water until just combined.
- Remove the peaches from the oven and drop spoonfulls of the crust mixture over the top. Sprinkle the entire cobbler with the sugar/cinnamon mixture and bake for 30 minutes until bubbly.
Looks easy, looks tasty, what a pity the next meal on my calendar is breakfast! Must look at the fruits in season and see what I can cobble together for the weekend.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome recipe - I halved it, and it was the perfect amount of dessert for my husband and I. Thank you for sharing this! I've linked back to you here: http://evabakes.blogspot.com/2012/06/easy-peach-cobbler.html
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