Peach Cobbler
(from JamieA’s recipe box)
Prep time: 120 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Serves 6 people
Categories: Dessert
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 3/4 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 pounds peaches, pitted and sliced
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
Directions
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Sift together flour, sugar, and salt. Cut in shortening.
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Whisk together egg and water. Add to flour mixture. Mix and chill for thirty minutes.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Roll dough out into 1/8 inch thickness. Cover bottom and halfway up the sides of a 9×13 baking dish.
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Bake for twenty minutes.
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While baking, mix remaining ingredients EXCEPT 1 tablespoon sugar and melted butter . Pour into baked crust.
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Roll leftover dough into 1/4 inch thickness.
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Make a “lattice” pattern over peaches.
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Sprinkle with sugar. Drizzle with butter.
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Bake for thirty-five to forty minutes.