Easy Peach Cobbler

Enjoy fresh fruit with this American creation

Apr 8, 2009 Debbie Henthorn

Summer's fresh fruit brings thoughts of warm cobblers. Berries, apples and peaches all find a place in this simple dessert.

Summer brings thoughts of fresh fruits and vegetables. Along with those thoughts are many ideas of how to prepare summer’s bounty.

About Fruit Cobbler, Crisp and Pandowdy

Summer’s fresh fruit brings thoughts of warm cobblers. Berries, apples and peaches all find a place in this simple dessert. A cobbler may have a rolled pastry crust as the topping. Another style of cobbler is also known as a “buckle”. The buckle style of cobbler has a more cake-like texture, rather than pie crust, surrounding the fresh fruit. Other styles of cobbler toppings include biscuits and crumbs and many are similar to baked puddings.

Cobblers find their history in early America as settlers made do with what ingredients were available to them and adapted their recipes from the homeland. The fruit and crust concoctions are known by different names in varying parts of the United States such as Betty or brown Betty (apples baked between layers of crumbs) in New England, sonker (or zonker) in North Carolina and grunts or slump (a stove-top version) throughout Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Pandowdy and crisps are other names for cobblers.

This buckle cobbler employs a unique method of preparation. The cake batter is poured into the pan first over a layer of melted butter and then the fresh fruit is layered on top of the batter. It is very important to not stir any of the components together. During the baking process, the batter will rise and bake around the peaches.

Any fresh fruit can be substituted for the peaches. Blackberries are a favorite in many regions and should be tasted for sweetness.

Easy Peach Cobbler

• 3 cups sliced peeled peaches
• 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ cup milk
• 5 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar over sliced peaches; set aside.
3. In medium bowl, combine ½ cup sugar, flour and baking powder. Stir well.
4. Add ¾ cup milk to dry ingredients and mix well. There will be some lumps remaining.
5. Pour melted butter over bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan.
6. Pour batter mixture over butter. Do NOT stir.
7. Place sliced peaches evenly over batter. Do NOT stir.
8. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes or until the cake is browned.
9. Cake will rise to the top during baking.

Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes before serving with ice cream. Of course, according to the History of Cobbler, during colonial American times, cobblers were often enjoyed as the first course of a meal or even as breakfast.

After all, the primary ingredient in cobbler IS fruit.

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