Last week while in the super market a neat row of ripe and beautiful peaches took my eye. Instantly I was impressed and thought to myself- “I’ll make peach cobbler, it’ll be fun”! I set out to find a classic recipe and quickly learned that over ripe peaches may create a liquefied cobbler. So I decided to buy more peaches, less ripe and combine the two. Out shopping again I came across some lovely white peaches and thought these would help balance the sweetness while creating a nice color variation.
I settled on the World’s Best Peach Cobbler Recipe, yeah I was drawn to the name but ultimately chose this for it’s simplicity and lots of positive reviews. Although after following through with this recipe I wish that it was written better, first listing ingredients, pan size and oven temp. It boasts a “knock-out” crust and instructs to mix it with your hands, I regretted this the moment butter went under my finger nails. I am wondering what the biggest difference in the crust would have been had I just mixed using the dough hook on the stand mixer. .. maybe next time. 
Boy oh boy was peeling fun, and MESSY! Between a pairing knife, a potato peeler and my fingers I eventually got through all 12, half white and half yellow. This is probably more than the 4 cups the recipe called for but with all that sugar I didn’t think it was a big deal. After tasting many bites of each type I almost felt ridiculous adding all that sugar! I read that white peaches are sweeter than yellow and that they have more “peach flavor” but in my tasting I really thought it was the other way around. Maybe I was confusing the tangyness with sweetness? Either way I think they balanced each other out quite nicely.
This recipe didn’t call for pan size which I guess is irrelevant if I didn’t use the instructed amount of peaches. I started with a 2qt rectangular and quickly switched to a 3qt for fear of the sauce oozing over the top. Smart choice! After letting the dough chill and rolling it out I realized I may have added too much water because it was a little sticky. But I managed the lattice work just fine to complete my first ever Peach Cobbler!
Of course you can’t have cobbler with out vanilla ice cream so that’s just what we did! As far as taste goes, initially I thought it was heavy on the nutmeg and could have used less sugar. But after having a second serving the next day I changed my mind. I definitely think the cobbler was better after sitting over night. Why is that? Peach Cobbler may not be “As American as apple pie” but it’s pretty close. If your looking for something sweet and fresh this weekend to wow your friends and family peaches are in season!
Happy Fourth everybody!
Sounds really good, too bad Doug doesn”t like fruit desserts. We tried white peaches last year, they have them on sale a lot at the asian market, we like them over the yellow ones.