Fresh Peach Cobbler Recipe – Southern Style

Fresh Peach Cobbler Recipe – Southern Style

½ cup sugar
1 TBS cornstarch
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 teaspoon good vanilla
4 cups fresh peaches (peeled and sliced)
1 tsp lemon juice
1 cup self rising flour
1 TBS sugar
3 TBS butter
½ cup milk


Directions:

In a large saucepan, combine the sugar (1/2 cup), cornstarch, vanilla and cinnamon.
Stir the fresh peaches and lemon juice in with the sugar mixture.

Turn the heat on to medium to medium high and stir continuously until the peach mixture thickens and begins to boil.

Continue to stir the peaches at a boil for one minute.

Remove from the heat and mix in two TBS Markers Mark bourbon

Pour the peaches into a baking dish or casserole dish; a size should be large enough to accommodate two quarts.

Place the dish of peaches in the oven and turn the heat to 400 degrees F to keep the fruit hot while making the topping.

In a bowl, combine the flour and sugar (1 TBS) and mix.

Use a fork to cut the butter or shortening into the flour mixture.

Pour the milk into the flour mixture and stir until the topping forms a large ball.

Remove the hot peaches from the oven.

Use a spoon to place small balls of the topping on top of the peaches. Expect to have 6 to 8 topping balls depending on the size and shape of the baking dish.

Return dish to oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the topping biscuits have browned.

Fresh Peach Cobbler is delicious served hot right out of the oven.

Cream or vanilla ice cream is very good served on top of the hot cobbler.

A memory of 4th of July as a child

When I was a child I remember the building anticipation of 4th of July and for me it was for the meal, not the fireworks….It was because we would go as a family for a picnic and watch fireworks – sometimes we would go to the Marin County fair but mostly to the beach – and while it may seem picture perfect, we might even take in the local parade. My mother would make from scratch lemonade, fried chicken, potato salad, and chocolate brownies! Some years the menu varied to include pea salad, corn on the cob, wine, fruit salads and or watermelon. We would gorge on the down home food, play with friends, nap, watch the show and head home with sand between our toes.