Southern-style Peach Cobbler

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 cups fresh peaches, sliced
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter (one stick)
• 1 dash nutmeg
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening (i use butter-flavored crisco)
• 1/4 cup cold water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 combine peaches, butter, sugar and nutmeg in a saucepan. bring to a boil. reduce heat. simmer until peaches are tender and mixture starts to thicken, about 20 minutes. pour into baking dish.
• 3 combine flour, shortening, and salt, and mix with a pastry cutter. add just enough cold water to make a crust, and roll out to fit the cobbler.
• 4 lay the crust over the peaches and make several slashes with a sharp knife.
• 5 bake 35-45 minutes, or until the crust just looks done.