Cakey, EASY, Peach Cobbler

Who hates having to scroll through 10 paragraphs of inspirational garbage before finally being able to find the actual dang recipe buried somewhere at the end? Yeah, me too. That actually ranks among the top, if not at the tip top, on my list of random annoyances. I don’t care about what this recipe makes you think about or how it makes you feel. All I’m here for is the main point! So why am I leading with what I despise?

Let me quickly explain...

I recently learned a valid reason why writers lead along with all these long drawn out stories. To be published on certain platforms you have to meet a word count minimum. Bingo, there we have it friends. I’ll forever carry a little more empathy with me about recipe storytellers. Maybe one day I’ll be known enough and have my own platform broad enough to make my own rules and avoid all the extra all together. Until then, here I find myself, and here I am.

So even though I can’t get around leaving out all the fluff, right now, I’ll do you a favor and place all the extra at the end. I’ll get straight to the point here now, and begin with the ingredients and simple directions.

If you need a little help with the directions and how to details, then keep reading on. If you like the fluff, or need the extra help, you’ll find it in the detailed directions I created for the sake of meeting a word count.

I would say I hope you enjoy, but I know you’ll enjoy.

You’re welcome.

Ingredients:

• Peaches. Canned in heavy syrup or light syrup. Large can, small can, multiple cans or home canned. Fresh or frozen. Whatever and however much you care for. Whatever makes you happy. Just be sure to save the syrup or make some syrup if you're using fresh. Don't overlook this, it's important. Unless you care for dry cobbler. To each their own, but yes, I'd judge you over it.
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup milk. Cow, goat, sheep, human. Almond, coconut....whatever you like.
• 1/2 cup butter. Salted or unsalted. Dairy or plant based....go for it.
• Dash cinnamon (optional non optional, in my opinion)

Simple Directions:

Simply put....melt butter in a baking dish.

Mix everything (but the peaches) in a bowl to make a batter.

Dump batter over melted butter.

Spoon peaches over batter.

Pour syrup over the top of it all.

Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes, or so.

Viola!

Detailed Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Choose an appropriate sized baking dish, use your best judgement. Sometimes I like to double the recipe and make a big one. Obviously, that would require a larger baking dish. You could use a muffin tin and make cobbler cups. Lover of cast iron? Totally cool, go for it. Just be aware that the cobbler will rise while baking, so be sure to not fill whatever dish you choose to use, over 50% to avoid a giant mess.

Place butter in a baking dish and pop in the oven while preheating.

Dump flour, sugar, baking powder, milk and butter in a bowl and mix. No special order or mixing method needed. You can add the cinnamon here, or to the peach syrup, or omit all together (you're gonna regret it though). You're choice. Batter should be runny. If it's too thick, add a little more milk.

Once butter is melted and the oven is preheated, pour batter into the baking dish over all that butter.

Spoon peaches evenly over batter. They will bake where you place them, so be sure to place them in the corners and along edges of the pan too.

Pour remaining syrup over top of it all.

Bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes. If you double the recipe, it might take a little longer. Maybe your oven cooks quickly and it takes less time. Keep an eye on it, is the key point. The edges will be slightly golden brown and a toothpick will pull clean when poked into cakey areas when finished. Cobbler will be wet and jiggly from the syrup but don’t worry, it will absorb.

Let cool and set. This is when all that juice will absorb. Wait for at least 10 minutes before digging in.

Serve with whipped cream or ice cream, or simply eat as is.

To be noted, you can substitute any fruit for the peaches. Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, mixed berries, cherries...really whatever you enjoy. Pineapple. Mango. Maybe even...banana? If you like the fruit, then why not!

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