Peach Cobbler, Frozen Peaches,

By MarieR

Ingredients

• 10 cups (about 2 1/2 pounds, sliced) peaches, frozen
• 3/4 cup (2 tablespoons) lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup (1-stick; 4-ounces) butter melted
• TOP CRUST
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter softened
• 2 large eggs beaten with fork

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees P., rack in the middle position.

Note: Don't thaw your peaches before you make this- leave them frozen.

Spray a 13-inch by 9-inch cake pan with Pam or other nonstick cooking spray.

Measure the peaches and put them in a large mixing bowl. Let them sit on the counter and thaw for 10 minutes. Then sprinkle them with lemon juice and toss.
In another smaller bowl combine white sugar, salt, flour, and cinnamon. Mix them together with a fork until they're evenly combined.

Pour the dry mixture over the peaches and toss them. (This works best if you use your impeccably clean hands.) Once most of the dry mixture is clinging to the peaches, dump them into the cake pan you've prepared. Sprinkle any dry mixture left in the bowl on top of the peaches in the pan.

Melt the butter. Drizzle it over the peaches. Then cover the cake pan tightly with foil.
Bake the peach mixture at 350 degrees F. for 40 minutes.
Take it out of the oven and set it on a heat-proof surface, but DON'T TURN OFF THE OVEN!
TOP CRUST:
Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in the smaller bowl you used earlier. Cut in the softened butter with a couple of forks until the mixture looks like coarse cornmeal. Add the beaten eggs and mix them in with a fork. For those of you who remember your school library with fondness, the result will resemble library paste but it'll smell a whole lot better! (If you have a food processor, you can also make the crust using the steel blade and chilled butter cut into 4 chunks.) Remove the foil cover from the peaches and drop on spoonfuls of the topping. Because the topping is thick, you'll have to do this in little dibs and dabs scraped from the spoon with another spoon, a rubber spatula, or with your freshly washed finger. Dab on the topping until the whole pan is polka-dotted. (Don't worry if some spots aren't covered very well-the batter will spread out and fill in as it bakes and result in a crunchy crust.)

Bake at 350 degrees F., uncovered, for an additional 50 minutes.

Peach Cobbler can be eaten hot, warm, room temperature, or chilled. It can be served by itself in a bowl, or topped with cream or ice cream.