One of the best things about summer food wise (and honestly that’s all we care about here is food, right?) is all the fresh and in season fruit and veggies. And a good thing about living in Texas, where the cold weather doesn’t last quite as long or come quite as early, we are fortunate to enjoy these ‘summer time’ fruits and veggies a little bit longer than most.
And in the summer I am obsessed with the fruit! The bountifuls of berries, watermelon, nectarines, and…. peaches. Finding the perfect ripe, but not too ripe, juicy peach is a good day I tell ya! Since the beginning of July when peaches started to take over the fruit stands and farmer’s markets here, I have had peach cobbler on the brain. Then of course I saw several blogs with peach cobbler recipes, which furthered my need to make it. I mean I know pretty much any berry makes a wonderful cobbler, but a peach cobbler… that’s the best! So finally I made a run to Sprouts (which I love, love, love!) and came home with bags full of peaches and immediately went to work making this A-mazing cobbler.
What I love about this recipe is that besides the fruit all the ingredients are pantry staples. I also love that the biscuit topping is sprinkled with a cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar mixture- which adds great flavor and makes your house smell wonderful!
Notes: The original recipe used blueberries but I had an abundance of strawberries and I thought the strawberries worked perfectly. Mine took the full 40 minutes to cook. I tired to pull it out of the oven right at 35 minutes and it wasn’t done. The cinnamon was not originally in the recipe but we thought this completely set this cobbler over the top and made it ridiculously good. Of course adding ice cream made this cobbler a true classic!
Strawberry Peach Cobbler
Printable Version
Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 35-40 minutes Serves 6-8
1 cup flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 cup cold water
3 1/2 cups fresh peaches – peeled, pitted and sliced
1 1/2 cup fresh strawberries
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, 1/2 cup white sugar, and baking powder. Mix in milk and 1/4 cup butter until smooth. In a medium saucepan, stir together the brown sugar, cornstarch, and water. Mix in the peaches. Cook and stir over medium heat until thick and bubbly. Mix in 1 tablespoon butter, lemon juice and strawberries. Continue cooking until the butter melts. Pour into 8 x 8 ungreased baking dish. Evenly spoon batter in mounds over the hot fruit. In a small bowl, mix the coarse sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and sprinkle over the batter. Bake cobbler for about 35-40 minutes or until bubbly and a toothpick inserted into the crust comes out clean.
adapted from The Sister’s Cafe
