Here are 3 old-fashioned recipes for peach cobbler, peach dumplings, and peach cake with sweetened cream.
Peach cobbler
Ingredients
- 1 quart peaches
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar (additional)
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
Method
- 1. Peel the peaches, remove the pits, and cut the fruit into thick slices.
- Cook with the water and cup of sugar. This can be done in a baking dish in the oven, or a saucepan on the stove.
- Meanwhile, sift the flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Add the 2 tablespoons of sugar, and mix to a light batter with the beaten egg and milk. Pour this over the cooked fruit.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Peach Dumplings
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 7/8 cup cream
- Peaches
- 2 1/2 cups cold water
Method
- Mix and sift flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Rub in shortening with tips of fingers, add cream gradually, cutting it in with a knife.
- Turn on a floured board, knead slightly, pat and roll out to 1/2 inch thickness.
- Shape with a large biscuit cutter.
- Pare juicy, ripe peaches, cut in halves lengthwise, remove stones.
- Cut in quarters and place 3 quarters of a peach on each circle of dough, enclose them, pressing the edges together. Place in a buttered cake pan 1 1/2 inches apart. Sift sugar around dumplings and pour cold water over sugar.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Baste 3 times.
Peach cake with sweetened cream
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- 3/4 cup milk
- 5 peaches
- Raisins,if desired
- Sugar
- Mix and sift the first 3 ingredients.
Method
- Rub in shortening with tips of fingers. Add milk, mixing it in with a knife.
- This dough must be soft enough to spread in a shallow, well-buttered pan to the depth of one inch. (Add more milk if necessary.)
- Pare ripe, juicy peaches. Cut in halves lengthwise. Remove stones and press halves into dough (cut side up) in parallel rows, leaving a little space between rows.
- Brush peaches over with melted butter, sprinkle with raisins and sugar. Serve hot, either plain, with milk, cream, or even whipped cream.
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