Peach Cobbler - from Paula Deen
Ingredients:
4 cups peeled, sliced peaches
2 cups sugar, divided
1/2 cup water
8 tbsp butter
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour*
1 1/2 cups milk
ground cinnamon, optional
*if you do not have self rising flour, do not fear!! You can use 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, 2 tsp baking powder, and 1/4 tsp salt.
Directions:
The easiest way to peel peaches: Get a pot (most likely the saucepan you are going to use to make the peach syrup) full of water, heat it to a rolling boil. Put the peaches in the pot for about 30 seconds to 1 min. Then immediately take them out and into an ice bath. In just a couple minutes, the peel will be so loose you just spread the skin & pull it off!!
Preheat oven to 350
Combine peaches, 1 cup sugar, and water in a saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil and simmer 10 min. Remove from the heat.
Put the butter in a 3-quart baking dish and place in oven to melt.
Mix remaining 1 cup sugar, flour and milk slowly to prevent clumping (it will be thin like pancake batter). Pour mixture over melted butter. Do not stir.
Spoon fruit over top, gently pouring in syrup. Sprinkle top with cinnamon, if using (I use a sprinkle of cinnamon and some fresh grated nutmeg). Batter will rise to top during baking. Bake 30 to 45 min.
YUM!!!
