Saturday, January 30, 2010

Southern Peach Cobbler

Thanks to Jaime for this wonderful recipe.

here are her comments: "Here's my recipe. The "cake" part does expand- but I always think about one and a halfing or even doubling that part of the recipe since it's the best part and it is a little on the "skimpy side" for my liking- other than that though- this recipe is AWESOME!"

Southern Peach Cobbler

First set of ingredients:
8 fresh peaches- peeled, pitted and sliced into wedges
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp lemon juice

Second set of ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
Last: (1/4 c boiling water)

1. Presheat oven to 425*
2. In a large bowl first set of ingredients. Tossing to coat peaches evenly and pour into 2 quart baking dish. Bake in oven 10 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, in large bowl combien second set of ingredients, blending butter with your fingertips, pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stire water in last until just combined.
4. Remove peaches from oven and drop spoonfuls of topping over them. It won't look like much- but it will expand. You can sprinkle the entire thing with a little sugar/cinnamon mixture if you want. Then return to oven and bake aobut 25-30 minutes ore until topping is golden brown.