Peach Cobbler Recipe

Preparing peaches

1. Rinse and peel the peaches.
2. Cut them into half and remove the stones. Chop all of them into 1 to 1.5 inches chunks.
3. Take the chopped peaches and sugar in a mixing bowl. For sweet-tasting peaches, add ¼ cup sugar
4. For less to moderately tart and sweet-tasting peaches, add ⅓ to ½ cup sugar
5. Mix very well and keep aside. Preheat oven at 190 degrees Celsius or 370 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes prior to baking.

Melting butter & making batter

1. Take the unsalted butter (roughly 60 grams) in a small bowl or a small pan.
2. Let it melt on a stovetop on a low heat. You can even melt butter in the oven in the pan that you will use to bake (use a 9x9 inch square baking pan).
3. In a bowl, take the whole wheat flour (sifted), baking powder and salt. Omit salt if using salted butter.
4. Mix very well with a spoon or whisk.
5. Add vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and sugar. You can opt to add less sugar too. At times I have made a cobbler with 6 tablespoons sugar and the taste is mildly sweet but not very sweet.
6. Again mix very well with a spoon or whisk.
7. Pour 1 cup milk or add as required.
8. With a whisk mix well. Mix with light pressure. You do not want gluten strands to form in the batter. You can even mix by using the cut and fold technique. Tiny lumps are alright in the batter. The consistency is medium flowing like that of a pancake batter.

Layering

1. Pour the melted butter in a ceramic or stoneware 9x9 inch square baking dish.
2. Pour the batter on top of the melted butter layer. Do not stir or mix. Do not even shake or tilt the pan.
3. Using a large spoon, top the chopped peaches on the batter. Just gently place the peaches on the batter all over and evenly. Pour the leftover peach juice from the bowl on top of the peaches all over.
4. Cover the entire surface of the pan with peaches and sugar mixture. Do not stir or shake the pan or press the peaches in the flour batter.

Baking peach cobbler

1. Now place the pan in a preheated oven. Bake at 190 degrees C or 370 degrees F for 40 to 60 minutes till the top is crisp and golden. Oven time varies, so do keep a check.
2. Once the top crust looks golden and crisp, remove from the oven.
3. Let the Peach Cobbler become warm or cool at room temperature. Serve Peach Cobber plain or with vanilla ice cream. Leftover peach cobbler can be stored in the fridge in a covered container.