Cobblers and Crisps

this is the most common dutch oven desert on the mountain no one has ever turned down a hot bowl of cobbler on a cool night around a camp fire or a saturday night in my front yard either

I'm looking for a peach cobbler recipe that has a thick biscuit/cake-like topping and the peaches didnt have quite as much syrup. I know it sounds weird but whenever I eat cobbler, I never eat the fruits because it has too much syrup. I wind up eating the top and throwing the fruits away and thats such a waste.

In a cobbler, does anyone know how to keep the bottom crust from getting so soggy? I make peach cobbler and the crust turns to mush because of all the juice from the peaches.

Justeace Try putting tapioca on the crust before putting the fruit on.

organic nut~ try this one on my blog. http://livingon4thstreet.blogspot.com/2010/08/crispy-peach-cobbler.html

Hay Organic Nut, I came up w/my own little concoction recipe for Peach Cobbler. I use canned, lite peaches in pear juice when i make peach cobbler. I cook my peaches until they break down & become nice & soft so as to flow really well w/the crust & are not chunky. You won't have to throw away peaches if you cook them down. I drain some of the juice, from 2 of the large cans of sliced peaches, but reserve some to cook my peaches in. You can use one can if you dont like a lot of peaches; just slice them into 3 to 4 slices before you cook them. I add the reserved juice & milk to my pot (so, the majority of my juice comes from milk - 1% or 2% - not ice cold from the fridge - let it sit out a little. If you don't, it will coagulate in the pot after hitting the heat. Heat slowly), simmer them on low, stirring often, add my butter (not margarine - it will be oily if u use margarine), sugar (brown & white), cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice; continue to simmer, adding more of the ingredients to taste (not so much of the all spice until you are satisfied w/flavor). The juicy peach filling w/only thinken a little, so, After i've cooked my peaches until they are soft, I mix a tablespoon of cornstarch w/cold water, mix & pour a little at a time into the pot to thicken the peaches & juice a little. once you have u're filling at the thick consistency you want, start filling u're crust. I use Jiffy mix pie crust - best there is if u're not makin it from scratch. I tried it from scratch once; mine came out tough....never went back. I blind bake a bottom crust in my 9x13 dish, (my mother always made it w/a bottom crust, which I LOVE), plus a few strips for the middle of the cobbler. Once you spoon/pour some of your filling into the bottom crust, add u're baked strips for the center crust,adding them on top of the filling, pour more filling over u're baked strips & top w/raw crust (i cut mine in strips like my mother did)in a criss/criss latice style - or however you like, bake until beautifully golden brown. It is sooo good. I know I wrote a lot, but I hope this might help so you wont have to throw away peaches. ENJOY!! :o) .....Tajae

Organic Nut, I'm sorry I didnt quite give you a recipe for a cobbler w/the biscuit/cake-like topping. My mother never baked it w/just topping only. She's from the south, so my guess is that that's the way she was taught to make the crust growing up. Although, she actually made her crust from scratch. I came up w/the idea for the peaches. If you cant find a recipe for the topping u're looking for, hope you try my recipe. .......Have a super day!! Tajae :o)

Organic nut> I know it is sort of cheating but it works really well. If you use fresh peaches and use a box of yellow cake mix. Either make it like an upside down cake or Into muffins or in a bundt pan with the peaches cut up. I have saved aside about a 1/4 of the cake batter dry and then mixed it with brown sugar and butter and used it for a streusel type topping. I have left out some or most of the water to make the cake more dense. this is one you can get creative with and almost never mess it up! Hope it helps a little.

Organic Nut, The old recipe of a cup of sugar , a cup of flour and a cup of mild always turns out cake like to me. It has a good taste but I prefer more juice and the pie crust type cobbler.

sorry not mild but MILK lol

JUSTEACE. I blind bake the crust until it's just the slightest bit golden...not brown. This helps to firm the crust just a bit b/4 you add u're filling. This should help so that you dont have a soggy crust. :o) Happy baking!!

Hey CURSY....I've never heard of that 3-ingredient recipe, but sounds like it's just the ticket for a quick cakey topping. And, I must agree w/you; i'm more of a juice/crust type cobbler person myself. I love my crust. Like I mentioned above, I slice & cook my peaches down till they're nice & soft & they're just right w/all that top, middle & bottom crust.

Oh, JUSTEACE, not sure what u bake u'res in, but i always use a 9x13 dish, spray my pan w/non-stick spray, line my dish on the bottom & up the sides then bake. Make sure to watch u're crust so that it doesnt get 2 brown, but takes on that slight firmness that you want so it won't be soggy.

Good idea, Lilobell :o)

I just made one of the quick cobblers here and was surprised it was so good! I LOVE pie crust type cobblers, so this cakey type is new to me. I can't wait to try it again with the pie-crust type crust!

to oraganic nut here is the recipe i use. i also like the cake top and dont eat the fruit if it is just laying in the bottom with nothing else 1 cup self risingflour 1 large can fruit or 2 cups fresh fruit 2tsp vanilla 1 cup sugar milk till loose like cake batter then put the fruit in and add the mixture it allows the fruit to mix with the mixture so when it bakes you get a great cobbler

I always use 1c. sugar 1c.flour 1c.milk lg.can sliced peaches 1stick butter little nutmeg /cinn/vanilla.melt butter in cass.dish add peaches w/juice then mix rest of ingredients and pour over and around peaches and butter bake 350 till golden brown yum !

when Iam in a hurry for cobbler i use bisquick for my dough works great

Organic Nut, I don't add any sugar or syrup to my fresh peaches in a cobbler. They cook up firmer, less mushy, and there is less sugar in the recipe. Just add the other spices. Simpler, easier, healthier, and the fruit tastes great on it's own.

Oops--on it's own inside the cobbler, that is...

Is there a 5 Star recipe for peach cobbler that is baked with topping on bottom?

I frequently use a recipe called "Cottage Pudding" for my fruit cobblers, without a bottom crust. I reserve about 1/4 of the peaches to make a syrup to go over the top. If I use canned peaches I use about half the juice. My family loves it.

Just an fyi, fruit "cobbler" does not have any sort of bottom crust--you may be looking for another type of recipe. Maybe pie?

java momma, this is what i do! i like cobbler that is more like dumplings and fuit and don't do much work. i'm laazy.. lol

Cobblers and crumbles and crisps...Oh My!!! I love all three! And I loved reading the stories behind them! Great article!