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Southern Peach Cobbler
This is the pour-batter style of cobbler: melted butter in the pan, batter on top, peaches spooned over, and the oven does the magic. The crust rises up around the fruit, crisp at the edges.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 50 min
- Total
- 1 hr 10 min
- Makes
- 8 servings
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Southern Peach Cobbler
Prep 20 min · Cook 50 min · Total 1 hr 10 min · Makes 8 servings
Ingredients
- 6 cupssliced peaches (fresh, or frozen and thawed)
- ½ cupgranulated sugar (for peaches)
- 1 tspground cinnamon
- ¼ tspground nutmeg
- 1 tbsplemon juice
- ½ cupunsalted butter (1 stick)
- 1 cupall-purpose flour
- 1 cupgranulated sugar (for batter)
- 2 tspbaking powder
- ¼ tspsalt
- 1 cupwhole milk
- 1 tspvanilla extract
Instructions
- 1
Heat oven to 350°F. Put butter in a 9 x 13-inch baking dish and place it in the oven to melt.
- 2
Combine peaches, ½ cup sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and lemon juice in a saucepan. Simmer 5 minutes until juicy.
- 3
Whisk flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in milk and vanilla until smooth.
- 4
Pour batter evenly over the melted butter — don't stir. Spoon peaches and juices over the top.
- 5
Bake 40–45 minutes until golden and bubbling. Cool 15 minutes before serving.
Cooking notes
- Canned peaches work: drain, use 2 (29 oz) cans and reduce peach sugar to ¼ cup.
Serving suggestions
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Storage
Cover and refrigerate up to 4 days.
Reheating
Warm portions in the microwave 30–45 seconds or the whole dish at 325°F for 15 minutes.
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