How To Make Southern Peach Cobbler
This Southern peach cobbler recipe makes the perfect summer dessert! It’s made with warm-spiced, juicy peaches topped with a buttermilk biscuit.
Serves:
Ingredients
Filling:
- 3¼lbsyellow peaches,(about 8 peaches) peeled, pitted and cut into ¼-inch slices
- 2tbsplemon juice,from 1 lemon
- 1cupsugar,divided
- 2tbspcornstarch
- 1tspground cinnamon
- ⅛tspground nutmeg
Topping:
- 1cupall purpose flour,spooned into measuring and leveled-off with a knife
- 1¼tspbaking powder
- ¼tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- 5tbspcold unsalted butter,cut into small chunks, plus more for greasing the pan
- ⅔cupbuttermilk,see note below to make your own
- ½tspalmond extract
- vanilla ice cream,or sweetened whipped cream, for serving
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch square or 7×11-inch baking dish.
Filling:
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In a large bowl, combine the peaches, lemon juice, ⅔ cup of sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and nutmeg and mix well to coat the peaches evenly. Taste the filling; it should have the perfect balance of tart and sweet. Set aside.
Topping:
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In a medium bowl, combine the flour, 6 tablespoons of sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
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Add the butter and blend with a pastry cutter or the fingers until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the buttermilk and almond extract and stir with a spoon until just combined. It will look a little bit lumpy. Do not overmix.
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Transfer the peach filling to the prepared baking dish and flatten into an even layer. Drop the batter in large, evenly spaced dollops on top of the peaches.
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Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar over the batter. Place the baking dish on a foil-lined sheet pan in the oven and bake for about 40 minutes until the bottom is bubbling and the top is golden.
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Let cool for 10 to 15 minutes, then serve with vanilla ice cream or sweetened whipped cream.
Recipe Notes
If the filling is too tart, add 1 to 2 tablespoons more sugar.
Nutrition
- Calories: 273.65kcal
- Fat: 7.13g
- Saturated Fat: 4.21g
- Trans Fat: 0.26g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1.83g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.45g
- Carbohydrates: 51.60g
- Fiber: 3.02g
- Sugar: 36.95g
- Protein: 3.62g
- Cholesterol: 17.69mg
- Sodium: 250.68mg
- Calcium: 85.42mg
- Potassium: 361.12mg
- Iron: 1.19mg
- Vitamin A: 82.75µg
- Vitamin C: 12.32mg
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