by AdobeStock/mizina
4-6
SERVINGS
Ingredients
- 3 cups sliced fresh peaches
- 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1-1/2 cups sifted flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- Whipped cream or ice cream for topping
Directions
- Arrange sliced peaches in a 9-inch round baking dish. Mix 1 cup sugar, lemon peel, lemon juice, and almond extract; sprinkle over peaches. Bake at 400 F for 10 minutes.
- While peaches are cooking, sift together flour, 1 tablespoon sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in shortening. Beat egg and mix with milk; add egg and milk to dry ingredients, mixing just enough to moisten.
- Drop dough over hot peaches, spreading slightly with back of spoon. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.
- Bake an additional 30 minutes. Top with whipped cream or ice cream, if desired.
Be transported back in time with this Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler recipe, submitted by Mrs. P.B. Brothers. It was originally published in 1988.
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Originally published as part of “Sweet and Savory Summer Classics” in the July/August 2023 issue of Grit magazine and regularly vetted for accuracy.
