Crusty peach cobbler

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
8 cups Fresh peaches; sliced
2 cups Sugar
2 To 4 tb all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
⅓ cup Butter or margarine
Pastry for double-crust pie
Vanilla ice cream

Directions

Recipe by: Southern Living Preparation Time: 0:30 Combine peaches, sugar, flour, and nutmeg in a Dutch oven; set aside until syrup forms. Bring peach mixture to a boil; reduce heat to low, and cook 10 minutes or until tender.

Remove from heat; add vanilla and butter, stirring until butter melts. Roll half of pastry to ⅛-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface; cut into an 8-inch square. Spoon half of peaches into a lightly buttered 8-inch square pan; top with pastry square. Bake at 475 degrees for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Spoon remaining peaches over baked pastry square.

Roll remaining pastry to ⅛-inch thickness, and cut into 1-inch strips; arrange in lattice design over peaches. Bake an additional 15 to 18 minutes or until browned. Spoon into serving bowls, and top each with a scoop of ice cream. Yield: 8 servings.

Posted to TNT Recipes Digest, Vol 01, Nr 975 by Rick Shreves <rshreves@...> on Jan 29, 1998

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