You can’t be considered a serious southern cook if you don’t know how to make peach cobbler. Canned or frozen fruit works better in some recipes than fresh, and this is a perfect example. I recommend any brand of canned freestone peaches because they are tender and tasty. This dessert is easy to make and it tastes delicious, especially with a huge dollop of Home-Churned Ice Cream (page 212) on top.

　　

Ingredients

serves 8

　　2 15-ounce cans sliced peaches in syrup

　　1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

　　1 cup self-rising flour (see Note)

　　1 cup sugar

　　1 cup milk

　　

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Drain 1 can of peaches; reserve the syrup from the other.

　　

Step 2

Place the butter in a 9 × 12-inch ovenproof baking dish. Heat the butter in the oven until it’s melted. In a medium bowl, mix the flour and sugar. Stir in the milk and the reserved syrup. Carefully remove the baking dish from the oven and pour the batter over the melted butter. Arrange the peaches over the batter. Bake for 1 hour. The cobbler is done when the batter rises around the peaches and the crust is thick and golden brown. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

　　

From Trisha

Step 3

This forms its own top crust while it bakes.

　　

From Gwen

Step 4

Two types of peaches, freestone and clingstone, are just what the terms suggest. The flesh of a ripe freestone variety pulls easily away from the pit or stone, while the clingstone flesh, well, clings! Go online to www.lanepacking.com for all the scoop on Georgia peaches.

　　

Note

Step 5

If you don’t have self-rising flour, substitute 1 cup all-purpose flour mixed with 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder and 1/8 teaspoon salt.

　　Reprinted with permission from Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours by Trisha Yearwood with Gwen Yearwood and Beth Yearwood Bernard. Copyright © 2008 by Trisha Yearwood. Published by Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved.Trisha Yearwood is a three-time Grammy-award winning country music star and the author of the bestselling cookbook Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen. She is married to megastar Garth Brooks.