Old-Fashioned Peach Cobbler
A quick and easy 1940's peach cobbler recipe with a biscuit-like top and a juicy peach bottom.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Flour
- ⅛ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ Cup Milk
- ⅓ Cup Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
- 6 Halves Canned Peaches
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
Syrup Topping
- ¼ Cup Sugar
- ¼ Cup Water
- ¼ teaspoon Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450° and spray a grease a small casserole dish with cooking spray or butter.
- In a medium sized bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Using a pastry blender or two butter knives, cut in butter.
- Add milk and stir to combine.
- Turn onto lightly floured board.
- Knead lightly and pat into a sheet ⅓ inch thick.
- Line bottom of casserole dish with peaches.
- Sprinkle with ⅓ cup sugar.
- Place dough on top of peaches and cut slits to allow steam to escape.
- Bake for at 450° for 20 minutes.
- While cobbler is baking, make syrup by boiling ¼ cup sugar in ¼ cup water for 4 minutes.
- Add ¼ teaspoon vanilla.
- After cobbler has baked for 20 minutes, pour syrup over the cobbler and bake for an additional 10 minutes.