Peachy Keen

I love going down to the local farmer's market - especially when the weather is so lovely out this time of year. I accidentally got there a little bit before they were technically open, but I was on a mission to get some beautiful flowers!
On my search, I saw one booth sampling some peaches. They were the most flavorful and juiciest peaches I have ever had! I picked up a pint of them and thought - I need to make peach cobbler! And it just so happens that the farmer had HIS own recipe for it. So homeward I went with my flowers and my peaches!

First you cut up the peaches in thin slices and fill a glass pie dish like so. Bake them for 10 minutes at 425 degrees.

Peach Cobbler Step One

Prep your crumble! (See ingredients/directions below.) Once your crumble is done your peaches should also be done cooking. and it should turn out something like this:

My Finished Peach Cobbler

I always have the bad habit of filling my dishes too much and so some of the juice seeped over and spilled in my oven. Next time I need to remember to put something under to prevent from it spilling and for easy clean up.

My cobbler was done and my flowers in a vase! Now all you need to do is add some vanilla ice cream and you have a delicious summer peach cobbler.

My Farmer's Market Flowers and Peach Cobbler

NOTE: Farmer's market peaches are SOOOOO much better than store bought. If you are attempting this recipe I HIGHLY recommend you find the nearest farmer's market. I had a couple peaches in my refrigerator from the store and I did a side by side taste comparison....the farmer's market peaches were leagues beyond store bought!

Bill's Fruits Fabulous Peach Cobbler
3-6 peaches (3 large or 6 small should be enough to fill you pie dish) cut into thin wedges
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon cornstarch
* sub in one nectarine to enhance the flavor (optional)

Biscuit topping
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 stick cold butter (6 tablespoons)
1/4 cup boiling water

Cook Peaches:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees
Toss peaches with sugar, lemon juice and corn starch in a glass pyrex dish and bake for 10 minutes

Make topping will peaches cook:
Stir together all dry ingredients
Cut butter into thin slices and mix with a pastry cutter or a fork to make course meal.
Stir in the water, little by little and mix until combined and you now have a wet mixture.

Remove peaches from the oven and drop spoonfuls of topping over them. Bake in the middle of oven until topping is golden brown about 20-25 minutes.