Peach Cobbler

I watch way too much American television, so of course I've heard about this amazing desert called Peach Cobbler again and again, and last month I got to making it. I used this recipe from user aeposey on my favourite recipe site (do check out the site - it has such a gorgeous variety and loads of helpful tips in the comments!)

As it was the first time I made this recipe, I found shoes58's comments really helpful on how to peel peaches: soak in boiling water for one minute, plunge in cold water and peel off with fingers.

However when removing the peach from the seed it did break apart. I chucked it in the dish as was, not bothering to slice it up, which actually added to the fruity part of the desert. I also used five large peaches instead of eight.

As for the mixture, it may seem like it is not enough but if you drop it spaced out it expands to cover the entire dish. A lot of comments mentioned that the dish was quite sweet, but being British our peaches are not as sweet as American peaches, so I would recommend you stick with the recipes original sugar suggestions unless you prefer less sweet dishes.

I also kept a few cubes of butter out of the batter/topping mixture and stuck them on top of the mix when I placed the dish in the oven a second time, which worked really well - there was no overwhelming taste of butter.

And definitely use butter not margarine!