Ingredients
Cobbler:
8 Fresh Medium to Large Peaches
1/4 Cup White Sugar
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar Firmly Packed
1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/8 Teaspoon Nutmeg
1 Teaspoon Fresh Lemon Juice
2 Teaspoons Cornstarch
Cake Topping:
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1/2 Cup White Sugar
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar Firmly Packed
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Salt
12 Tablespoons Cold Unsalted Butter Cut Into Small Pieces
1/2 Cup Boiling Water
Sugar Topping:
3 Tablespoons White Sugar
Instructions
Peel The Peaches
1. Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil.
2. Using a sharp paring knife make an X on the bottom of the peach just through the skin.
3. Drop the peaches into the boiling water with a slotted spoon one or two at a time for 30 to 60 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon.
4. Plunge peaches into a bowl filled with ice and water.
5. Using the tip of the paring knife, grab the edge of the skin at the X and peel.
Prepare The Cobbler
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large bowl, fold in:
- The 8 peaches from above
- 1/4 Cup White Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar Firmly Packed
- 1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/8 Teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1 Teaspoon Fresh Lemon Juice
- 2 Teaspoons Cornstarch
2. Pour fruit mixture into a 9X13 inch baking dish.
3. Place in preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes.
4. While peaches are in the oven, mix together all the dry topping ingredients:
- 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 Cup White Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar Firmly Packed
- 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 12 Tablespoons Cold Unsalted Butter Cut Into Small Pieces
5. Use a pastry blender to cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture looks like coarse meal.
6. Pour in 1/2 cup boiling water and stir just until the mixture comes together and is just mixed through.
7. After the peaches have baked the 10 minutes, pull them from the oven and drop large Spoonful’s of the dough topping over peaches.
8. Evenly sprinkle the top of the dough with the 3 tablespoons of sugar.
9. Place the baking dish on a cookie sheet, in case the cobbler bubbles over and drips, and bake for 30 minutes at 400 degrees or until the topping is golden and baked through and the peaches are tender.
10. Cool for an hour and eat it up.
