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summer peach cobbler

Sunscreen. Freshly-cut grass. Barbecues. Peach cobbler.

Don’t those things just scream summer?

We are in full ‘the-weather-is-beautiful-and-we-cannot-get-enough-of-it’ mode over here, and after seeing peaches on sale at the grocery store, I didn’t want to do anything else besides go home and make a peach cobbler to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon.

I used a slightly tweaked version of this recipe (I especially loved the peeling method for the peaches at the end of the post).

I mixed about 2 pounds of peeled, sliced peaches with a mixture of brown sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, a tablespoon of flour, and a teaspoon of vanilla extract, and let the mixture cook, alone, for about ten minutes in a 350 degree (F) oven.

While this was cooking, I mixed about 1/2 cup of all purpose flour with 1/4 cup oats, 1/3 cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. I cut 2 tablespoons of cold butter into the dough, and then added 1/3 cup of almond milk (out of regular milk), mixing very lightly just until the dough came together.

Once the peaches were out of the oven, I topped the fruit with heaping tablespoons of the biscuit mixture, and then popped it right back into the oven for 30-40 minutes at 375 (F).

During the baking process, I made sure to stop and admire the beautiful plants that we bought at the farmer’s market. What beauties!