Easy Peach Cobbler Recipe - Peachy Keen Cobbler

Easy Peach Cobbler Recipe - Peachy Keen Cobbler

I have a folder that has some handwritten recipes that my mother got from my grandmother's cousin's wife, Christine, who lived in Arkansas.  You follow me?   I loved this lady.  She could cook like nobody's business.  I mean, she could COOK now, y'all.  She could fish.  She could hunt.  She rode four-wheelers.  She didn't mind when my brother used the pink flamingos in her yard for target practice.  She was awesome.  I have nothing but good memories of sweet Christine.  I really thought a lot of her.  

So you can imagine my excitement when one day my mother brought me a folder with some handwritten recipes of Christine's.  One of them said:  Essie's Cobbler.  Since Christine had prepared for us THE BEST PEACH COBBLER I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE, I was jumping for joy when I saw the Essie's Cobbler recipe.  

Oh, sweet Essie, I think I love you.  You must be a relative of Christine's and I bet you can cook just like her, Essie. 

I was reading through the recipe and it said to use No 2 can fruit.  I was, like, what the heck does No 2 can fruit mean?  So I googled it.  I looked up "No 2 can fruit Essie's Cobbler".  Turns out Essie gets around.  Tons of recipes for Essie's Cobbler came up.  So apparently Essie was not a close relative or probably not even a friend of the family, but that didn't matter because Essie can COOK, and therefore, I love her.  (By the way, No 2 can fruit means, I think, maybe the size of the can.  There's about 2 1/2 cups in a No. 2 can.)

Since there was no recipe for the fruit other than saying to add some sugar to the fruit, I came up with my own.  Here's my recipe for peach cobbler.

Peachy Keen Cobbler

Batter (Essie's Batter)

1/4 cup soft butter

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup sifted flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup milk

Heat oven to 375 degrees.  Cream butter & sugar until creamy.  Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and add to creamed mixture with milk.  Beat until smooth.

Spoon into greased 2-quart casserole dish. Spread out over dish.

Fruit Mixture

2 15.25 oz. cans of peaches in heavy syrup

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1//2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 tablespoon sugar to sprinkle over top

Pour peaches with syrup into bowl.  Cut peaches in to bite-sized pieces if you want.  Add in all other ingredients besides the 1 TBS of sugar.  Stir.  Pour fruit, juices and all, over batter.  Sprinkle 1 TBS of sugar over fruit.  

Bake 45 - 50 minutes @ 375.

 It's mind-blowingly delicious.

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