To accompany my novel in progress: Breaking Bread, welcome to Le Boulangerie.
I planned this post to align with this past weekend’s Super Bowl game. It would either be a celebration or a consolation to the parts of the country hoping for an Atlanta Falcons victory. Well, consolation it is… they lost and in a most heartbreaking fashion. Giving up a commanding lead and ultimately losing in the Super Bowl’s first ever overtime. Here’s to you Atlanta, Georgia. Have some cobbler.
For those of you outside the United States, cobbler is essentially a deep dish fruit pie. Instead of a traditional pie crust, fruit is baked with a sweet batter in a baking dish instead of a pie plate. The dessert originated in the American Colonies while still under British rule. The early settlers, with lack of ingredients and improper tools for cooking and baking, had to improvise. Thus the ‘cobbler,’ possibly derived from the old term: cobeler, which means wooden bowl, was created by stewing fruit, topping it with batter and baking in cook pots rather than pans.
Here is a recipe adapted from one of my Nana’s recipes for apple cobbler. I wanted to make peach, for Georgia after all. (Even though fresh peaches aren’t in season and really that would be the ideal time to make this…)
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar, divided
- 4 cups peaches, fresh or thawed frozen (I used frozen)
- 1-2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- ground cinnamon
Method:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Melt butter in a 11X13 baking dish in oven. Remove from oven when melted.
- Mix flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Add milk and mix until just combined. Pour batter into baking dish on top of butter. Do NOT stir.
- Bring peaches, remaining 1 cup of sugar and lemon juice to a boil in a medium sauce pan. Pour peaches over batter (they’ll sink in). Do NOT stir. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Bake for 40 – 45 minutes until the top of the cobbler is golden brown.
- Serve with vanilla ice cream.
My condolences, Atlanta. I hope this helps.
Looks delicious
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Thank you, Tosha 🙂
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You’re welcome
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Omg that looks so yummy!
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Thank you! It’s fairly easy, too.
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Then it won’t take you long to make me some. 😜😜😜
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You make the coffee and I’ll bring the cobbler!
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Awesome! I can do that!
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Cool!
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Meg, we gotta stop meeting like this…you know…in the morning….when I’m sitting at my desk…with my stomach already growling. LOL! ❤
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Haha! Wait till Mardi Gras, I’m making beignets, honey! 😘
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Yum
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Although, I’m sure that’s routine for you!
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Less routine than I want!!!!!!! 💕
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😋 I have to share all these goodies with my friends or bathing suit season will be a disaster!
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Oh yeah!
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Thank you!
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Oooh. I make a similar one but haven’t made it in forever. Looks SO good!!
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Thank goodness I had a party to go to. All this baking… what’s was I thinking? 😋
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But so yummy!! But yes, nice to have people to share it with.
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So I don’t eat it all myself!
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Saved this to faves cause I will be back to make this. I need some comfort food after last Sunday.
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Aw, thank you! Yes, we were hoping for a Falcons win, too. After all, the Pats took out my Steelers!
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My Dolphins made it to the play-offs finally, things aren’t what they used to be!
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No, but perhaps they are resurgent!
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Miracles happen 🙂
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Omg I WANT now. Why are you so far? 😦 I’d come and polish the lot off!
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Thanks, Nat! I’ll make you one when you visit! 😀
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I will remember this! It is as good as a handshake and you can’t get out of it 😉
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Deal! We will need to trash your brother’s kitchen!
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Looks so good. Cobblers are big in hubby ‘s Tennessee family and they are pretty easy to make!
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Oh yes. Definitely a southern thing. This post was Beach’s idea actually. I forgot to give him credit! Oops! But they are pretty easy. And delicious!
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I even do them occasionally. And I hardly ever bake a pie!
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I don’t either. But I think I am going to try my own pie crust before this year is out. I’ve managed it intermittently but not consistently over the years. 😜
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Here in Massachusetts, we’ll take some of that cobbler…. after our clam chowder and lobster victory dinner!!! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist!)
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Ha! You got it. It was an incredible win! Congratulations!
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Apple Crumble and Peach Crumble. Traditional dishes in Clare’s West Country family. Definite favorites. Thanks for the recipe.
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Right! They are variations of the cobbler. Also the ‘crisp’ which has oats and nuts in the crust. Enjoy!
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We had problems at first getting the blends right. The UK sugar from beet is coarser than the cane and the lard / marge was coarser, too. We had to adjust our recipes accordingly.
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Interesting! I wouldn’t have figured on there being a difference.
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Thanks for sharing the recipe, sounds really delicious 😁
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Wow, look delicious!
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Thank you!
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