Peach Cobbler
Author: swampkitty05 // Category: Eating Local, Farmer's Market, Food Porn, Life, Produce, RecipesThere as been an abundance of fresh freestone peaches at the farmer’s market the past two weeks, and what this has meant for me is finding a bunch of different ways to prepare them. My husband made this dish last week, as a tasty end to an all-local meal. I bought a bunch more peaches this weekend, before the air conditioning issued it’s death rattles, so my plans for canning this weekend have fell by the wayside because it’s just too damned hot to can anything. We bought a bunch of fans, and a portable air conditioner for the living room (which took over a quart of water out of the air in less than 12 hours), which makes it bearable for the moment. Sometime next week, we’re just replacing the whole air conditioning system – considering it will cost $500 to $600 to repair an already overburdened system (we have nearly 3,000 square feet to cool, with a system installed by the builders that’s sufficient for a 2,000 square foot house), we just decided to lay out a couple thousand more to upgrade the air conditioning altogether. To say that I wilt like a flower without air conditioning is the understatement of the year.
But I digress. I present to you the best peach cobbler recipe ever. The secret? The browned butter on the bottom gives you a nice crispy, nutty, little bit salty crust that is to die for. It’s the peach cobbler from my childhood that I’ve been dreaming of.
Topped with some sweetened whipped local heavy cream, it’s summer compacted and presented to you on a plate. If you’ve got peaches you need to use, give this cobbler a try. You won’t be sorry, I promise.
August 13th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Delicious! I love peaches so much.
August 13th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Ahhh! Peach cobbler is on my list of top ten comfort foods! Thank you for directing me to the recipe for the BEST! I can’t wait to try it!
August 14th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Ooooh, I love cobblers and yours looks gorgeous! A wonderful treat…
August 14th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Ohhhhh, I’ve really stumbled onto a gem here! Tastespotting.com may have just led me to exactly what I’ve been searching for, for months. Columbus… Ohio… Foodie. I was beginning to think that I was the only foodie in Columbus! Not only that, you have a well-written blog! My god. We should speak sometime, compare restaurant notes. ^_^; I’m very happy right now! On that note, what Farmer’s market are you attending?
August 24th, 2007 at 7:42 am
Thank for the tip – off to our place in Michigan where the peaches are sooooo great! The recipe is in hand! I also love grilling them with a little cinnamon sugar butter and serve with a mint leaf – yummy!
December 12th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
[...] Today I attempted a Peach Cobbler that I found at this food blog. The blog said it was the best peach cobbler ever and the photo of it looks amazing. So, I gave it a try and…it tastes like Peach Bread. But, I think I know why and it’s my fault, not the recipes. The recipe called for 1 cup of flour. I was using my 1/2 cup measuring tool because my 1 cup measuring tool was dirty. I was interrupted in the middle of mixing together all the dry ingredients (I won’t name names, but it was the man I share a house with). I returned to my measuring, mixed all the dry ingredients up, added the milk, gave it a stir and dumped it into the pan just like the recipe said to. It looked very liquidy. I panicked and thought maybe I only added 1/2 cup of flour instead of the entire cup. Trying to save the dish, I combined a bit more flour with some milk and added it to the pan. In just one bite of this cobbler I knew I ended up with too much flour–I had it right the first time! It’s still descent, but lacks a real “yum” factor. I thought the recipe used an interesting method. I had to melt and then brown an entire stick of butter, then pour the browned butter into a baking dish. Then you mix the dry ingredients (sugar, flour, cornstarch and cinnamon) with milk and pour that on top of the browned butter. Without any stirring, you drop the peach slices in and then bake it. I’ll have to give this one anther try when peaches are in season again, which is about 8 months away, so I have lots of time to think about the recipe. Here’s a link to it: http://www.pickyourown.org/peachcobbler.htm. If you try it, let me know how it works for you. Published Dec 12 2007, 12:54 PM by snackalot | [Edit Post] Filed under: peach cobbler, cooking failure, recipe [...]
November 21st, 2008 at 1:42 pm
WHERES THE RECIPE??
July 5th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
that's what i'd like to know. WHERE IS THE RECIPE? i've clicked every link i can find on this page for recipes. did find a few but, no PEACH COBBLER. How disappointing to find a commentary by the chef on what sounds like such a great dish, then you don't include the recipe… or at least not where i can find it. is there a secret code or a magic word?
July 5th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
The link to the recipe is right in the post:
http://www.pickyourown.org/peachcobbler.htm
Hope this helps!
October 7th, 2009 at 6:59 am
[...] I attempted a Peach Cobbler that I found at this food blog. The blog said it was the best peach cobbler ever and the photo of it looks amazing. So, I gave it [...]