Okay, okay, okay. I’ve read enough cookbooks and eaten enough (mediocre) peach cobblers to know that my mom’s recipe is not what most people mean when they talk about peach cobbler. But this is what it means to me. It’s upside-down from most cobblers and more soft-cake-like than those tough, dry, biscuit-topped jobbies they serve at Luby’s and “home-style” restaurants like Grandy’s. Probably if Grandy’s made better cobbler (like this one), they wouldn’t have had to close all those locations in the 90′s. Suckers.
Anyway, Mama got this recipe from her Girl Scout troop leader in Lometa, Texas. They used to make it in a Dutch oven when they took camping trips. Isn’t that cute? A buncha scouts making cobbler over a fire. Telling ghost stories. Roasting weenies. Learning life skills. Earning badges. I’ve never found a recipe like it in a book. It’s the best!!! I’m not even exaggerating.
PEACH COBBLER
You can use fresh or frozen fruits in this recipe. LEt frozen fruit thaw first and use all the juice that is released.
Ingredients:
2 cups fruit (sliced peaches, plums, or other stone fruit, whole berries, or a mix of fruits)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 stick butter (or a whole stick like mama does)
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar (can be reduced to 1/2 cup)
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
Directions:
Mix the fruit with 1/4 cup sugar and let it sit while you get the other stuff ready.
Turn the oven to 350 degrees F and put the butter in a two-quart baking dish. Put the dish in the oven while it’s preheating to melt the butter.
Mix dry ingredients and add milk. Stir. It might be lumpy. That’s okay.
When the butter is melted, take the pan out and pour in the batter.
Spoon the fruit and its juice on top.
Bake for 45-50 minutes. EAT IT.
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That looks really good … thanks Mom, and Hilah too!
That cobbler looks amazing! I usually like mine with a pie crust, but I’m going to make this. It’s funny. My mom (in Arkansas) and I (in Texas) watched this video at the same time (well by one second) while talking to each other on messenger. It sounded you like you were in a canyon or a cave because there was a slight echo haha. My mom is not a cook or baker at all, but she did say that this looks fantastic and that even SHE could make this. We shall see haha. I think I will just make this on my own. Thanks!
This is one of the easiest recipes (that still counts as “from scratch”) I know. You and your mom should make it at the same time and then eat it together over the internet!
Dude, no wonder we love each other. This is my mom’s recipe as well….except I think she might use even more butter.
No way! I’ve never met anyone whose mom made it this way! I love you!
I made this yesterday and it was delicious.
Thank you for the recipe.
This makes me happy.
I made this peach cobbler last night. In New Zealand we don’t really have cobblers so this was new to me. I may have used too much butter (“a stick” is hard to measure) but it was still damned tasty with icecream. Then again, what’s not to like about butter, sugar and peaches? Thanks Hilah; I can’t find your page on Facebook so I added you as a friend, if that’s okay!
I’m glad you liked it! For the record, a stick of butter=one quarter pound=eight tablespoons. I hope that helps. But I’m sure you can’t put TOO much butter in it!
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Funny I just found your recipe…. and My Mom is here for a VIsit… Mom IS a “Georgia Peach”.. So I figured I try this one on her… WOW… it was GREAT!… and Mom Loved it.. Hard to get a Georgia Gal.. to admit to it… LOL.. Like your Pre melted butter idea… going to give it a try on Tonights Corn Bread… Thanks again H…. Enjoy your Vacation… Larry… The “Wizard” of Wesley Chapel….
Awesome, Larry!
This is exactly like the cobbler my mom used to make. She never wrote down the recipe, though. She passed away a month ago and it’s been rough on me – so you posting this recipe now was perfect timing. Thank you!!!
Any suggestions on how to make it using fresh blueberries?
Oh Jennifer, I’m so sorry to hear about your mom. I’m glad you can make her cobbler now. You can use any kind of fresh berries, still use two cups of fruit. You might want to add a little more sugar to the fruit if the berries are tart. Cooking time should be the same. Have fun baking and thinking about your sweet mom. xoxo
Made this tonight and it was great! I love the simplicity of it! Served it hot with some Blue Bell Vanilla and got fat! nom nom nom
So good with ice cream!
Girl, now I know we are some kind of kin. That is exactly the way I make my peach cobbler!!! I am a “Georgia Peach” too! By the way…You are delightful!
Thank you Sherry! It is the BEST cobbler recipe ever, right?
I made your cobbler last night, but I kicked it up a bit – instead of using peaches I used nectarines. Oh! The melty-ness, the tangy-ness, the slight kiss of salt teasing the crispy edges of buttery crust! It was so good, thanks so much for sharing!
You described its amazingness exactly! Thanks for commenting!
That was some bomb ass cobbler!
Hellz yeah, Logan!
Wow my mum made the same thing when I was young but with brown sugar at the bottom as well!
That sounds delicious, Janice! I think I’ll try that next time. Thanks for writing!
I just made this, but for my husband, who I think likes cholesterol more than anyone on the planet, I tripled the recipe. It’s half gone, which I think means it’s a success. Speaking more to the deliciousity of it though, he won’t let me have some, which I think means, Miss Hilah, we have a winner.
Ahaha! Thanks, Tebori! I’m glad it was a hit and thanks for letting me know that the recipe can be successfully tripled. That is good to know!
Hilah that is exactly like my Great Grandmother made! Your cooking reminds me of hers, simple yet fabulous!
Hi Lisa! That is great! I hope you make it and think of your great-grandma. We are lucky to have known our great-grandmas.
XO
My boyfriend and I made this (well I made this while he half heartily cut some peaches) and it was amazing! it ended up being our dinner because we just couldn’t stop.
thanks! greetings from The Netherlands.
Hello Katie! It’s good to hear from someone so very far away! I love the internet.
I’m really glad you loved the cobbler! And congratulations on getting your boy to help, even if it was half-heartedly.
yours,
hilah
Hi Hilah,
I FINALLY got around to making this cobbler yesterday – it was my first ever as we don’t have cobblers in Germany (where I’m from) and I’ve never made one in all the years I’ve been living in CA! Well… you know what they say – you never forget your first! lol!!! It was soooo delicious! I used a bag (from Target) of frozen peaches that I had to thaw out a bit in the microwave… didn’t hurt ‘em… I used less than a stick of butter but more than half – whatever was left in the wrapper. But I think I’ll reduce it to half a stick next time – which will be VERY soon! Like someone else already posted… the trick of melting the butter during preheating is awesome and I will most definitely use it for other dishes when a greased pan/baking dish is called for
Happy Thanksgiving!
Inge