OLD FASHIONED PEACH COBBLER

By gaster16

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup shortening
• 8 About 8 tablespoons water
• Filling:
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 7 cups sliced fresh peaches
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, divided

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine flour and salt, cut in half of shortening until mixture resembles coarse corn meal. Cut in remaining shortening until mixture is consistency of small peas. Sprinkle water over mixture and stir gently with a fork until mixture holds together. Press into a smooth ball. Divide dough into thirds. On lightly floured board roll out 1/3 of dough to 1/8" thickness cut into 1" wide strips. Place on ungreased sheet and bake until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Cover remaining dough and continue with filling.

Filling:

Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees. Grease a 3 quart baking dish. Stir together sugar and flour. Add peaches, water and extract, blend carefully. Roll out 1/3 dough to 1/8" thick shaping to fit into bottom and up sides of dish with a 1" overhang. Spoon half of peach mixture into pastry, dot with half the butter. Place cooked pastry strips over filling. Spoon remaining filling over cooked pastry, dot with remaining butter. Roll out remaining 1/3 dough to 1/8" thickness, cut into 3/4 wide strips and arrange lattice fashion over filling. Trim edges, seal and flute. Bake 50-60 minutes.