It is never the fancy recipes that get handed down. It is the ones written in pencil on an index card, corners soft from handling, with a butter stain in the corner from a hundred summers of the same cobbler.
You do not need the whole recipe box to bring that feeling back to your own table. Just the recipe, a good tablecloth and a reason to gather. That is the whole tradition, really.
Old-fashioned peach cobbler
Category: dessert. Prep time: 15 minutes. Cook time: 45 minutes.
Ingredients
- 6 ripe peaches, peeled and sliced
- 3/4 cup sugar, divided
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 stick butter, melted
- Cinnamon, for the top
Directions
- Toss the peaches with 1/4 cup of the sugar and set aside.
- Pour the melted butter into a baking dish.
- Whisk together the flour, the remaining sugar, baking powder, salt and milk. Pour the batter over the butter. Do not stir it in.
- Spoon the peaches over the batter and sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Bake at 350°F for 40 to 45 minutes, until golden and bubbling.
Serve it warm, straight from the dish. That is how it always showed up at the table.
Why this cobbler works
This is the classic "pour" style of cobbler. The butter goes in first, the batter on top, and the fruit last. As it bakes, the batter rises up around the peaches and the edges crisp in the butter. It is forgiving, it does not need a mixer, and it is easy enough that kids can help. Out of peak peach season, it also works with other ripe stone fruit or berries.
Set the table like it matters
A recipe like this deserves a table to match, and that does not have to mean anything fancy. A few things we love for everyday gatherings:
- Cloth dinner napkins. They make a weeknight dessert feel like an occasion, and they wash and last for years.
- A good tablecloth. Even a folding table looks intentional with one.
- Reusable Swedish dish cloths for cleanup. Cleanup, her way: wash them, reuse them and skip the paper towels.
Start your own recipe box
If you have a family recipe like this one, write it down by hand. Make a copy for someone you love. The stains and notes in the margin are what make it worth passing down.
Visit Granville General Store
Come set your own table with something worth passing down. You can browse home goods and gifts online, or stop in and see us at 134 N. Prospect St., Granville, OH 43023. We would love to see you.