Peach Blueberry Cobbler

My quick and easy recipe is the quintessential Fourth of July dessert.  All you need is five basic ingredients: fresh, juicy peaches and berries, flour, sugar, milk, and butter.  Peach cobbler will always taste like summer.

One of the best things about summertime is fresh produce, and peaches are one of my all-time favorites.  I grew up in peach country: Ridge Spring, South Carolina.  Every spring, peach orchards all around explode with these beautiful pink blooms, which means cobblers and pies are on the horizon.  In fact, my little hometown of less than a thousand people in rural South Carolina (which still does not have a single stoplight) is home to Titan Farms, the largest peach producer east of the Mississippi River.  There’s a directional term you probably haven’t heard in a while.

A few quick notes before we get rolling.  First off, I recommend using WHOLE milk.  More fat = more flavor.  Skim milk is just water that’s lying about being milk.  Don’t have any self-rising flour?  Don’t panic!  You can easily make your own self-rising flour.  Simply combine 1 cup of all purpose flour, 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.  This yields 1 cup of “self-rising” flour. Make sure you use baking POWDER, which is like baking soda’s grown-up, more sophisticated big sister.

Lastly, peaches are a real pill to peel.  The best trick for peeling them in a hurry is to blanch the peaches in boiling water for just under a minute, then immediately transfer to cold water.  This should make the peach skins peel right off very easily.

This is my all-time favorite cobbler recipe for several reasons:

• This is super versatile; you can swap out the peaches for other fruits, such as blueberries, nectarines, blackberries, raspberries, apples, etc.
• It’s quick and easy – there are just FIVE basic ingredients which can be mixed in one bowl.  Technically, with cinnamon, it’s SIX, but cinnamon is optional.
• My Mama and Aunt Gay always used this recipe.  To be fair, Mama swears that Aunt Gay’s version is always better than hers.  When I make this cobbler, it reminds me of summertime get togethers on the Sanders side of my family.  Uncle Ben always called it “peach pie” instead of “cobbler.”  I’ll never be able to share a “pie” with him again, but we can still share a laugh whenever I make this.

From Asheville, with love.

-Shug

Blueberry Peach Cobbler

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

50 mins

Total time

1 hour

 

Author: Laura

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

• 3-4 cups diced peaches and/or blueberries
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 stick unsalted butter
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon, optional

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Peel and dice peaches into medium chunks.
3. In an 8x8 baking dish (9x13 also works, just reduce baking time) place stick of butter into dish and place in oven until fully melted.
4. Mix together the flour, sugar, milk, and cinnamon until combined.
5. Once butter has melted, pour the diced peaches (or whichever fruit you use) into the baking dish.
6. Pour the batter over the diced peaches in the baking dish.
7. Place in oven and bake for 40-50 minutes until it forms a golden brown crust. Let rest for 15 minutes before serving and enjoy!

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