Peach cobbler - sl 7/83

1 Cobbler

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
8 cups (approx) fresh peaches; sliced
⅓ cup All-purpose flour
2 cups Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 cup ;water
½ cup Butter or margarine; melted
1 teaspoon Almond extract
3 cups All-purpose flour
1½ teaspoon Salt
¾ teaspoon Baking powder
¾ cup Shortening
6 tablespoons To 8 tbsp ice water

Directions

PASTRY

Dredge peaches in flour; add next 5 ingredients, and mix well. Set aside.

Roll three-fourths of pastry to ⅛-inch thickness on a lightly-floured surface; fit into a 13" x 9" x 2" baking dish. Spoon in peach mixture.

Roll remaining pastry out to ¼-inch thickness on a lightly-floured surface; cut into ½-inch strips. Arrange in lattice fashion over peaches. Bake at 350 F degrees for 1 hour. Yield: 8 to 10 servings.

Pastry:

Combine dry ingredients; cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle ice water evenly over surface; stir with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Shape into a ball.

Yield: pastry for 1 cobbler. Thelma Robinson of Alabama, July, 1995"Southern Living". Typos by Jeff Pruett.

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