peach cobbler

I love peaches and anything peach flavored—popsicles, sorbet, candy, and Jamba Juice’s Peach Pleasure with no bananas and extra peaches. =) So when my sister-in-law gave me a bag of peaches from her tree, I was pretty happy. She suggested that I try Paula Deen’s peach cobbler recipe and it was quite tasty.

Ingredients:

4 cups peeled, sliced peaches
2 cups sugar, divided
1/2 cup water
8 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 cups milk
ground cinnamon, optional (I didn’t use this)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Peel and slice 4 cups of peaches.

Combine the peaches, 1 cup sugar, and water in a saucepan and mix well. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat.

Put the butter in a 3-quart baking dish and place in oven to melt.

While you’re waiting for the butter to melt, mix remaining 1 cup sugar and flour. Slowly add milk and stir to prevent clumping.

Pour mixture evenly over melted butter. Do not stir. (Most of the mixture will sink to the bottom.)

Spoon fruit on top, gently pouring in syrup. Note: Next time, I don’t think I’d add all of the syrup because I like my cobbler on the dry side.
Sprinkle ground cinnamon on top (optional).