Texas Peach Cobbler

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Peaches are in season and a favorite old fashioned Southern dessert is Peach Cobbler. Pure comfort food. The sugar gives this cobbler a wonderfully rich flavor. Popular across the South, Peach Cobbler was designated the official State cobbler of Texas in 2013. Rare is the Southern Fried Chicken or BBQ dinner in Texas without Peach Cobbler.

Cobblers are a type of pie with the crust on the bottom that was created by the British during Colonial Days. While peaches are a favorite fruit in the cobbler, use any favorite fruit in this recipe. You can also use canned or frozen when that’s what you have in the kitchen. I made it in an 8"X8" baking dish as as muffins. Both beautiful and melting in your mouth good. Recipe is below.

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Texas Peach Cobbler

Batter
1 cup white sugar

1 ¼ cups vegetable oil

4 eggs, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup almond milk

3 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon kosher salt

3 cups pitted and chopped ripe peaches, about 3 large or 4-5 medium
1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Streusel Topping:

⅔ cup brown sugar

⅔ cup all-purpose flour

¼ cup non dairy margarine, softened

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Batter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Spray 8”x8” baking pan with a vegetable cooking oil.
Beat sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla and almond milk together in a bowl. Use an electric mixer or beat by hand until creamy.
Mix flour, cinnamon, nutmeg. baking powder and salt together in a bowl. Gradually beat flour mixture into egg mixture until just combined.
Toss peaches with cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl. Fold peaches into batter. Batter.
Pour batter in baking pan. Place peaches on top of batter.

Mix brown sugar, flour, margarine and cinnamon together in a bowl until crumbly; sprinkle over peaches.
Bake in preheated oven for about 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of pan comes out clean.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool on wire rack.
Serve plain, with ice cream or whipped cream.

Expandthetable suggestions

Muffin Tins: Use about 16 muffin tins (depends on the size of your muffin tins), sprayed with an oil spray or paper liners. Bake at 350 F for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean
Use frozen peaches: Defrost and pat peach slices dry. Then follow recipe.

Use canned peaches: Use 1 quart, drained.

Make it dairy: In place of vegetable oil, use melted butter. In place of almond milk, use whole milk or half and half. Use butter in place of margarine in streusel.

#Vegetarian; #Non-Dairy