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This delicious easy-to-make Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler Recipe uses fresh peaches and is topped off with ice cream and whipped cream. You will love the incredible flavors in this and it will quickly become your new favorite summer dessert.
Dessert may be my all-time favorite course in any meal thanks to all the different kinds. If you are looking to try out some delicious homemade desserts, then you must try myCarrot Cakeor myAngel Food Cake.
Peach Cobbler
Peach cobbler is a classic Southern dessert consisting of peaches that are either cooked in a batter or topped with a thick biscuit-like crust. It’s baked until the batter or biscuits are cooked and browned. The flavor is significantly better if you use fresh in-season peaches as opposed to canned ones.
My recipe for peach cobbler uses a batter because I like it to be more like a thin fluffy cake. If you like a more traditional cobbler that has dropped biscuits on top, then use the biscuit topping on my Blackberry Cobbler.
Ingredients and Substitutions
- Peaches – You can use fresh yellow or white peaches in this recipe.
- Water – Plain tap water is fine.
- Vanilla – Use a good vanilla extract.
- Sugar – Regular granulated sugar should be used.
- Flour – All-purpose flour is what you need.
- Leavening Agent – Baking powder is the preferred rising agent.
- Salt – I always use sea salt in my cooking and baking.
- Milk – Whole milk is the best option, but you can use buttermilk or lower-fat milk.
- Butter – Always use unsalted butter in your cooking and baking so you control the salt content.
How to Make Peach Cobbler
Peel, pit, and slice fresh peaches.
Next, add the sliced fresh peaches, water, vanilla, and 1 cup of sugar to a saucepot and cook over medium heat for 7 to 9 minutes or until the peaches are soft.
Stir occasionally to ensure the ingredients are mixed in. Set them aside.
In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, milk, and remaining 2 cups of sugar just until combined, do not over-mix.
Pour the melted butter into the bottom of a 13×9 casserole dish or divide between two 8” cast iron skillets.
Strain the peaches and add them to the pan/s but reserve a ½ cup to pour over the top later.
Next, add in the blueberries and then pour the batter right on top of the fruit.
Sprinkle on the optional almond meal and bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until it is browned on top and cooked throughout.
While the peach cobbler is baking make the whipped cream.
Serve the peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream, leftover cooked-down fresh peaches, extra fresh blueberries, whipped cream, mint garnish, and some more almond meal.
A Trick to Help Your Peach Cobbler Batter Rise
So, you know when you’re making pancakes and you whisk it super hard to ensure there are no chunks in it? Yeah, that’s bad.The little chunks are little pockets of flour and when cooked help to elevate the batter when cooking it.
I can pretty much guarantee if you whisk the heck out of your batter so that it’s lump-free it’s not going to rise very much.This is just a little advice whenever you’re making a batter that needs to elevate.
Make-Ahead and Storage
Make-Ahead:You can make this up to 1 day ahead of time. Serve cold or reheat before serving.
How to Store:Once cooled to room temperature, cover, and keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.It will freeze well covered for up to 2 months. Thaw for 1 day in the refrigerator before reheating.
How to Reheat:Cover with foil and bake in the oven at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until hot. You can also take your desired amount and cook it in the microwave on a microwave-safe plate or bowl until hot.
Chef Notes + Tips
- Other options for panscan be a 9×9 or a 13×9.
- The almond meal that is sprinkled over the top before baking is optional.
- You can replace the all-purpose flour with self-rising flour if you want.
More Dessert Recipes
- Blueberry Crostata
- Pumpkin Pie
- Banana Pudding
- Chess Pie
- Rice Pudding
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Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler Recipe
5 from 8 votes
This delicious easy-to-make Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler Recipe uses fresh peaches and is topped off with ice cream and whipped cream.
Servings: 8
Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Ingredients
For the Peach Cobbler:
- 9 peeled, pitted and sliced fresh peaches
- ½ cup water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- 2 cups all-purpose Flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 stick of melted unsalted butter
- ¼ cup almond flour , (optional)
- 1 recipe for whipped cream
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°.
Add the sliced fresh peaches, water, vanilla, and 1 cup of sugar to a large saucepot and cook over medium heat for 7 to 9 minutes or until the peaches are soft. Stir occasionally to ensure the ingredients are mixed in. Set aside.
In a large bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, milk, and remaining 2 cups of sugar just until combined, do not over-mix.
Pour the melted butter into the bottom of a 13×9 casserole dish or divide between two 8” cast iron skillets. Strain the peaches and add them to the pan/s but reserve ½ cup of the liquid to pour over the top later.
Next, add in the blueberries and then pour the batter right on top of the fruit. Optionally sprinkle on the almond meal and then bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until it is browned on top and cooked throughout.
While the peach cobbler is baking, make the whipped cream.
Serve the peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream, leftover cooked-down fresh peaches, extra fresh blueberries, whipped cream, mint garnish, and some more almond meal.
Notes
Make-Ahead:You can make this up to 1 day ahead of time. Serve cold or reheat before serving.
How to Store:Once cooled to room temperature, cover, and keep in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.It will freeze well covered for up to 2 months. Thaw for 1 day in the refrigerator before reheating.
How to Reheat: Cover with foil and bake in the oven at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes or until hot. You can also take your desired amount and cook it in the microwave on a microwave-safe plate or bowl until hot.
Other options for pans can be a 9×9 or a 13×9.
The almond meal that is sprinkled over the top before baking is optional.
You can replace the all-purpose flour with self-rising flour if you want.
Nutrition
Calories: 546kcalCarbohydrates: 123gProtein: 8gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.004gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 195mgPotassium: 500mgFiber: 4gSugar: 94gVitamin A: 663IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 161mgIron: 2mg
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Chef Billy Parisi
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20 comments
- Carol
I love this recipe and make it for special occasions!
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- Tracy
Hi Chef! I want to make this with my fresh canned peaches. Would the sugar amounts be the same? They’ve already gone through the cooking step with lemon juice and sugar, so do I skip this process? Should I reserve and use any of the liquid in my canning jars?
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I have no idea since I don’t know how much sugar you used.
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- Liz
Thanks for another great recipe, Chef Parisi! This is so different from how I normally make cobbler but it was a huge hit with my husband and so delicious and easy that I will continue to make it and spins of it. Also have to say that adding the vanilla is a game changer. Thanks again! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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- Donna
I’m going to make this but cut the sugar way too much and 94g!!! Fruit is naturally sweet and it will compensate.
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ok
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- SYLVIA
I’m making this recipe tomorrow. Bought fresh peaches. Can’t wait to start!!!!
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love it!
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- Darla Watanabe
So good! I used blackberries instead of blueberries because that is what I had on hand. Yes add the almond flour!
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Great!
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- mary manjone
I have used frozen peaches in recipes, can this be successful with frozen peaches thanks.
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I think so, but you’ll still need the syrup.
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- Sherry Lee
Just read that 90% of Georgia’s peaches won’t make it this year. They didn’t get their chill time. I’ll miss my GA peaches 🍑
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- Donna A Pollock
Hey Chef Billy,
I have never had a Cobbler like this before. This looks really good, almost like a cake and a pie put together. I’m going to try this cobbler this week, we have so many Peaches coming already at the house. I have only had cobblers made with Pie Crust and Biscuit dough sweetened up a little bit. I had a Grandmother from the South too.
Looks so delicious and with the Blueberries it really looks amazing, a must try for me.
Thank you Chef for a great recipe to put on the grill…..- Reply
- Charlotte
Another wonderful recipe. Will be making this soon.
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Enjoy!
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- Richard Whitney
Very simply fabulous!
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so good!!
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- Mary Jo
This is a wonderful recipe! So glad to have this in my “card file” of summer bakes. Thank you, Chef!
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