Pirate's Peach Cobbler
From the Deep South, a summer favorite with a pirate twist.
Ingredients
- Spray Oil
- 8-9 Fresh peaches, ripe, but firm
- 1/2 Lemon, juice of
- 1 tbsp Dark rum (optional)
- 2 cups Sugar, divided in half
- 1/2 cup butter (one stick)
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 tbsp Baking soda
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Nutmeg
- 2/3 cup Milk
Instructions
- Preheat your galley oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray a 9×13 cake pan with vegetable spray (like Pam)
- Peel and slice 8-9 fresh peaches. Reserve any peach juice in the process.
- Squeeze a lemon over the peaches. Add a tablespoon of rum. Then gently stir in 1 cup of sugar. Slide the sweetened peaches into the prepared cake pan and set aside.
- With a fork, cream the butter and sugar together. Stir 1 tablespoon of baking powder into the cup of flour and add to your butter-sugar mixture. Add salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Continue to mix with your fork until it you have coarse crumbles.
- Add the milk. Beat the mixture with a wooden spoon. Pour the batter over the peaches.
- Place the cobbler in your 400º oven, keeping the temperature above 350º. Bake for 45 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
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