Old Fashioned Homemade Peach Cobbler (2024)

FAQs

What is peach cobbler crust made of? ›

Make crust: Sift together flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. Work in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk together egg and cold water in a small bowl. Sprinkle over flour mixture; work with hands to form dough into a ball.

Cobbler is sometimes described as a kind of fruit pie, but strictly speaking, the two are different. Pies are made from pastry, rather than biscuit batter, and they are fully encased, with a crust at the top and the bottom, while cobblers typically only have a topping.

The great thing about peach cobbler is that you can totally use fresh, frozen, or canned peaches to create this magical dessert. However, if it's peach season and the summer, it's always best to go with fresh ones!

How do you thicken peach cobbler? You will need to toss the peaches with plenty of cornstarch before baking. The cornstarch will thicken the juices so that your cobbler doesn't come out runny. Make sure you see the filling vigorously bubbling up before pulling it out of the oven.

The method for the topping goes like this: Combine equal parts flour and sugar, and add enough melted butter to make a dough. This makes a very sweet cobbler with a topping somewhere between a sugar cookie and pie crust. Let me repeat that: a topping that is equal parts cookie and pie crust.

Origin. Cobblers originated in the British American colonies. English settlers were unable to make traditional suet puddings due to lack of suitable ingredients and cooking equipment, so instead covered a stewed filling with a layer of uncooked plain biscuits, scone batter or dumplings, fitted together.

Cobbler: A fruit dessert made with a top crust of pie dough or biscuit dough but no bottom crust. Crisp/crumble: In Alberta, the terms are mostly interchangeable. Both refer to fruit desserts similar to cobbler but made with a brown sugar streusel topping sometimes containing old-fashioned rolled oats.

The biggest difference between a cobbler and a pie is the placement of the dough. Pies have, at a minimum, a bottom crust with the fruit placed on top, while a cobbler has the fruit on the bottom and a dolloped dough on top instead.

A probe thermometer inserted in the center of the cobbler should reach 200°F in the thickest part of the topping. The filling should be bubbly around the sides, and the tops of the biscuits should be more deep amber than golden.

How many peach slices equal one peach? ›

About 1/3 pound (or 5.3 ounces) of peach slices will equal one fresh peach.

If you use enough batter to completely cover the fruit, you'll end up with a cobbler that's far too bready, more like an upside-down cake.

We love cobblers for being juicy, but really ripe fruit can make more puddles than a spring rain. The result is a soupy cobbler with a soggy top. Try this: Add one to two tablespoons of cornstarch to the filling.

Making the Fruit Filling

You can bake a cobbler with just fruit as the filling, but a little sugar and cornstarch tossed with the fruit before baking will work together to create a lush sauce from the fruit's juices. This is the thing that turns a good cobbler into a knock-out dessert.

Crisps, Crumbles, Cobblers and Brown Bettys

All contain fruit that is mixed with sugar and often thickened with flour, cornstarch or tapioca. They are often served with ice cream or whipped cream on the side. All are popular simple summer desserts that use readily available fruit.

Both are baked fruit desserts with a peach filling. Crumble has a simple streusel-like topping made with butter, flour, and sugar. A cobbler has a biscuit dough topping, sometimes with carefully cut-out biscuits, but usually it's more homey with the biscuit dough dropped in spoonfuls over the filling.

The biggest difference between a cobbler and a pie is the placement of the dough. Pies have, at a minimum, a bottom crust with the fruit placed on top, while a cobbler has the fruit on the bottom and a dolloped dough on top instead.