Friday, February 8, 2013

Easiest Peach Cobbler EVER!!!!

Since we are having a big Whop de Do here on Saturday I decided that I would be a bit more proactive when I made a recipe and try to take decent pictures and make this a really tasty looking post about Peach Cobbler.

I wasn't lying when I said it was the easiest EVER cause it's literally dump, dump, swirl, dump and sprinkle.  Not even hardly a stir....well maybe a little stir but not much else.

So here are the cast of characters.....
So what we have here is flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, peaches, butter and what you don't see is milk. So much for trying to be organized..oh well, I'll carry on.

So put flour,
sugar,


and baking powder in a bowl.
Stir them trogether till they are throughly mixed. Set aside
Melt butter and put into a oven proof baking dish.
Set that aside and measure out your milk.  I know the measuring cup looks dirty...I melted the butter in it first...it's all going to the same place so I think it's find to repurpose utensils.

Now add the milk to the flour, sugar and baking powder mixture.
Now here's the important part.  Do not mix too well.  You still want to still see lumps and bumps in this mixture. So stir it maybe 5 or 10 times.  You don't want it smooth, you want it lumpy. I can't stress this enough.  Now pour the flour, sugar, baking powder and milk mixture into the melted butter.  Don't stir it, just pour it.
Now take your peaches, these peaches are some that I put up summer before last and drain the liquid off of them.  If you are using canned peaches make sure that you drain them before you add them to the baking dish.
Now dump the peaches into the wet mixture.  I ended up having to add a can of peaches to this mixture because I didn't have enough peaches in my opinion to make it really tasty. We like peaches....we like peaches A LOT!!!

For the last step you want to sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon & sugar over this whole mess.  I tend to go a little heavy on the cinnamon cause we like cinnamon, we like cinnamon A LOT!!!!
Now put the whole mess in the oven that was preheated to 350 degrees.  Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until the top is browned and it's all bubbly.  Individual ovens vary so it might take longer or less.  Just watch it and pull it out when you think it looks done.  
TaDa!!!  Doesn't that look lovely?   Serve with ice cream or freshly whipped cream or Cool Whip, what ever floats your boat.  Or eat it plain. 

Here's the recipe:*
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk (I drink Almond Milk and it works just fine in this recipe just in case you are curious)
1 stick butter
Large can of sliced peaches
1/2 cup sugar mixed with 3 Tbls. cinnamon (this might be cinnamon overload for some of you...mix it to your own taste.)

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, 1 cup sugar and baking powder.  Combine well.  Add milk and stir until lumpy.  In a small saucepan, melt butter and pour into a 9 inch baking pan.  Then add your flour, sugar, milk mixture to the butter.  Do not mix!

Now cover this mixture with the can of peaches...Do Not Mix!! 

Sprinkle the whole mess with your cinnamon sugar mixture and put into the oven and bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until the top is brown and it's all bubbly.
*The pictures in this post actually show this recipe doubled.  This recipe can be doubled or even tripled without any problem and I do it all the time. 

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Another "First".....

Today is my Birthday.  Today is also my sister's Birthday.  And today we are passing another "First" and that would be my first birthday without my mother. 

We are actually going to celebrate this weekend with the whole family.  I'm cooking a brisket, Chickie is cooking sausage and ribs and the rest of the menu is divided up between everyone.

I think this will be the first birthday in a very long time that I have not had a Lemon Meringue Pie as my birthday dessert. 

Mother always used to make me a pie because I'm not a big fan of cake.  I just don't have the heart to make it myself so I'm just making the "traditional Peach Cobbler" that is as much a part of Texas Bar-B-Que as catcus is to the landscape here. 

I'm a little sad...but not about age.  Heck, age is nothing to me.  I'm healthy and fit and creeping every closer to that 60 degree mark but that doesn't bother me.  I'm just sad because my mom (who is the reason that I am on this earth) is not here to celebrate.  I'll get used to it...I just need time.