Southern Peach Cobbler - Best Recipe EVER!
Growing up in the South, you MUST love peach cobbler. It's served at every barbecue joint you visit, every church potluck, and every holiday meal. It's basically the signature dessert of the south, and everyone's grandma has the best peach cobbler recipe EVER. Well, I'm no one's grandma but this is the BEST Southern Peach Cobbler recipe I have ever made or eaten.
Putting the batter under the peaches may seem a bit weird. After all, the only dessert with crust on the bottom is pie, right? Don't worry, it will reverse while baking. The crust will end up right on top like it is supposed to.
The Best Peach Cobbler, Promise!
It all starts with peaches. Find the best peaches you can. Ripe, sweet peaches are the heart of this dessert, and without them, your recipe will be "meh" at best. Next to fresh peaches, frozen are the best. I end up using frozen peaches often because fresh peaches aren't available very often here. We really don't recommend canned for this recipe because it's hard to know how much sugar each brand has which really affects the results. Love peaches, you'll need to try out peach clafoutis too!
Build on that foundation of natural sweetness with a batter that's sugary, buttery, and full of southern goodness. It'll bake up to create a delicious crust that will rival anything you've ever had before.
And that yummy crust is cakey and tender instead of too biscuity and dense. As the batter cooks, it bakes up and through the peaches and butter, leaving a buttery caramelized crust that pairs perfectly with the peaches underneath. To me, it is what makes cobbler a cobbler. No pie crust here! Nope, that is for pie. Cobbler topping should be cakey, buttery and delicious.
I know what you are thinking...could I make this into a cast iron peach cobbler? I haven't but I'm sure you could as long as your cast iron skillet was big enough. Put a cookie sheet on the rack underneath just in case it bubbles over a bit.
You'll find yourself making sure you get one of the corner pieces with the maximum amount of caramelized goodness. It's sweet, decadent, and buttery. It's soul food peach cobbler at its finest.
Make this the next time you have a cookout, and I PROMISE people will ask for your recipe. It's up to you whether you give them the recipe or swear that your great-grandma Mabel made you SWEAR to never share it with anyone.
Or give it to them with the understanding that you will be eating the best peach cobbler at their next cookout, too. I think either can be a win/win.
Don't have any peaches but still want to make cobbler recipes? May I recommend my Snickerdoodle Apple Cobbler Recipe with a cinnamon sugar cookie topping, my Easy Cherry Peach Cobbler with cherries and an almond flavored crust, or my ooey gooey ultra-chocolatey Chocolate Cobbler? Yum! Looking for another peach cobbler recipe? Well, Deep Fried Peach Cobbler Recipe has you covered. So good and semi-homemade so it's easy peasy.
This recipe has been the #1 on my blog for YEARS even with the no good, really bad pictures. I am republishing it with nice new photos. I believe a southern peach cobbler as good as this one deserves photos to match. I hope you enjoy them.
Southern Peach Cobbler Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar, divided
- 4 cups peaches, fresh or thawed frozen
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Melt butter in a 11X13 baking dish in oven. Remove from oven when melted.
Mix flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Add milk and mix until just mixed. Pour batter into baking dish on top of butter. Do NOT stir.
Bring peaches, remaining 1 cup of sugar and lemon juice to a boil in a medium sauce pan. Pour peaches over batter. Do NOT stir. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
Bake for 35 - 45 minutes until the top of the cobbler is golden brown.
Serve with vanilla ice cream if desired.
Best Southern Peach Cobbler EVER!
The best peach cobbler recipe EVER. It's so delicious that you will be asked for the recipe every time you make it.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar, divided
- 4 cups peaches, fresh or thawed frozen
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Melt butter in a 11X13 baking dish in oven. Remove from oven when melted.
- Mix flour, 1 cup of sugar, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Add milk and mix until just mixed. Pour batter into baking dish on top of butter. Do NOT stir.
- Bring peaches, remaining 1 cup of sugar and lemon juice to a boil in a medium sauce pan. Pour peaches over batter. Do NOT stir. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Bake for 35 - 45 minutes until the top of the cobbler is golden brown.
- Serve with ice cream if desired.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Amount Per Serving: Calories: 402Saturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 189mgCarbohydrates: 71gFiber: 1gSugar: 57gProtein: 3g
How to Store Your Cobbler
This southern peach cobbler is best enjoyed warm and fresh from the oven, but you can store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to four days.
To reheat your cobbler, you can microwave a single piece for about 1 minute or until hot. If you stored your cobbler in the original baking dish, you can put the entire thing back in the oven and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until heated through. It's perfect for a second night of dessert for the family.
Looking for more Southern favorites like this one? Here are a few to try!
Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings - A Southern favorite made easier with the use of the crockpot. You'll never know, though, because it has the same biscuit-y dumplings as the original version.
Retro Southern Recipes - Tea Cakes (Cookies) - While these cookies may seem plain, they are anything but. You will fall in love with their sweet and salty taste and texture. Perfect with your afternoon tea.
Southern Cornbread Recipe - Tired of your standard bread stuffing? Switch it up a bit and make cornbread stuffing. It is delicious!
Try All of These Southern Favorites
Whether you're in the mood for sweet southern peach cobbler, delicious chicken and dumplings made right in the crockpot, cornbread stuffing, or delicious tea cakes, you can't go wrong with any of these great recipes.
Try making a meal of it and serve up crockpot chicken and dumplings for dinner and my southern peach cobbler for dessert. It's a one-two punch of delicious southern flavors your entire family will love.
Mmm, I am going to try this as soon as my peaches are fully ripe!
You definitely should....it is sooooo good.
Honestly how can you stand it with 2 cups of sugar in there? I started with one cup in the batter and none on the peaches and it is almost to sweet to eat.
What kind of peaches did you use? To make it a cobbler, the peaches need some sugar to become like a pie filling of sorts. No sugar wouldn't work.
I agree with Alexander. 2 cups of sugar made it excessively sweet. Almost too sweet to eat. I may halve the sugar next time, because besides the extreme sweetness, it was delicious.
Hmmm....I'm wondering what is the difference. Did you use all the same other ingredients or did you substitute something?
My oh my!! Hi, I am LeSheeka from NY... I used your recipe for Easter and it was amazing 😉 I used 1 large can of peaches in heavy syrup; I did not drain them and I added a little vanilla to milk and a little nutmeg and cinnamon to dry ingredients and I only used 1 cup sugar instead of 2 b/c I used canned peaches in heavy syrup instead of fresh peaches. Thanks! We Loved it!
yay!!
Why are you looking at deserts if you're concerned about sugar. Just sayin. The 2 cups of sugar was perfect
I use 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of self- rising flour, 1 cup of milk and mix this and
pour over the melted butter. I then add a can of sliced peaches with juice on
top of that and bake for an hour on 350. It is perfect and sweet enough.
LOL. But why comment that on my recipe?
Also, self rising flour is really only found in the US. So most people use all purpose.
I have been looking a recipe for good old fashioned Southern cobbler and this recipe nailed it!!!! My family loves it!!!!! Thank you!!!
It really looks doable! And I have an excess of peaches in the house. Thanks for the recipe 😉
It's very easy. It went from start to table in about 45 minutes.
Hi
This looks delicious! If I'm using fresh peaches I'm assuming I take the skin off?
Thx
I would.
This recipe is tried & true. My mom has made this fast delicious, quick recipe for years. THANKS
Can I double this recipe in one pan or should I make two separate pans?
If you use a big pan, I think you could double it no problem. Just make sure to bake it until the top is browned.
I just put my SECOND cobbler in the oven! Winner!
Which recipe?
I halved the recipe and made it with frozen (thawed) peaches, mangoes and strawberries. It was so good!
♪ Movin' to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches.
Movin' to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches.
Movin' TO the COUNTRY! Gonna eat me a lot of peaches. ♬
(Sorry, had to.)
I love you, Tiffany. That is all. 😉
I just made this for the first time. I must say, it is so good. The caramelizing on the cake like crust is wonderful. We love this. And people, to post your own recipe in a comment on someone else's is rude. Get your own page. And if you have a problem with the sugar, don't make it. Just keep scrolling. This is delicious. Period. Thank you for sharing my great grandma Mabels recipe 😉👌
So glad you enjoyed it!
My Granny made all her Cobblers like this!! Thank you for sharing this recipe with me =)
You're welcome! It is DELICIOUS!
recipe
I am assuming you mean to a boil not to a bowl. 🙂
Yes! LOL. What is it that they say "Want someone to comment on your blog, just misspell something". 🙂
Can i leave the lemon juice out? Would iy make a big difference?
I'm sure you could.
Hi Merry,
I am 73 years old...I used the 1 cup margarine,or butter,whatever I had at the time....1 cup of Flour, 1cup sugar, 1 cup milk...
Melted butter in pan,in the oven.put batter in on top of butter, then put fruit on top and baked...that was back in the late 1960 or early 1970....I raised 5 kids, so we all loved this recipe...Now I bake with Plain Flour,because I love making deserts from scratch....so now I use which ever flour I have on hand...your recipe sounds so good and like I used to make,just a little different....when I saw the recipe,it brought back many good memories. Thank you...
Awww! Thank you for commenting. I'm glad it brought back good memories. So many of my recipes remind me of my Granny and when we used to bake together so I understand that food-recipe-memory connection!
Do you drain the peaches? I know most cobbler recipes you don't lol.
I use fresh or frozen peaches and then I don't drain them from the sugar liquid you boil them in. If you are using canned peaches, I would drain them.
Did the person that commented on it being too sweet use fresh peaches or canned? Using fresh peaches you need the 2 cups of sugar but when I use one large can of peaches, I only use one cup sugar and it is delish! And, you do not drain them. Hope that helps.
Also, using one large can of peaches with syrup, means you do not have to boil them to dissolve the sugar. Just add the sugar to the flour mixture. One less step involved which I love!!
Thanks for that tips!
Hi Merry!
It seems I'm writing about 3 yrs after the others (Oct 29, 2019). I found your peach cobbler recipe on Pinterest yesterday, and decided to make it for an after dinner dessert now, so it will be perfect by the holidays. I forgot that my right eye has burst blood vessels, which greatly hinders my vision (going back to retinologist 2moro for treatment/correction), but I made it anyway. Thank you! It was easy & delicious, & the best dessert I've made in years! I'd actually stopped making desserts for my family (husb, 3 kids & many guests) for several years. I used frozen thawed peaches, I didn't boil them bec I wanted the peaches to have a soft crunch, I used 1.5 cups of sugar, added vanilla to the flour mixture, & a tad of orange extract to the peaches. Thanks again for helping me make delicious desserts for my beautiful household!
Thank you.Im using canned that answered my question.
I make a peach cobbler just like that except I use canned peaches,and I don't boil them. Butter in pan in oven sugar flour milk cinnamon is an option the recipe came from Paula Dean, and I don't drain the peaches. I use some of the juice in the cobbler and my husband loves it. You can use fresh or frozen, I use the canned.
I really want to try this... will the peaches, sugar, and 1 Tbsp lemon juice alone come to a boil?
Thank you so much for this recipe!!!
They will. The peaches will start to let go of their juice and that will mix with the lemon and the sugar.
Hi Merry,
I'm planning to make your delicious looking cobbler for Thanksgiving. Never made a cobbler before so I'm just a little nervous about how it will turn out! I just had a question about the lemon juice. How does it add to the flavor and will it make it tart? Can I omit it?
It does not make it tart at all. It just keeps the peaches nice and bright. I'm sure you could leave it out but if you have it, throw it in. You won't taste it.
i tried with canned peaches and drained them and it came out pretty dried , so next time i will try with juice hopefully it comes out better or i just wait till peach season comes around 🙂
My family isn't a huge peach fan so i was wondering if it would work if i followed the recipe but switch out the peaches for apples? Do you think this would work?
Hmm....apples aren't as juicy as peaches. I think that would be your only issue. Maybe try it but add about 1/3 cup of water at the boiling point in the instructions?
I would add apple juice or cider instead of water.
I just made it, the first cobbler I've ever made and the pan was pretty much licked clean within 30mins of it being out of the oven! It was awesome!
Yay! I'm so glad everyone liked it. It is my fave...something about the buttery sweet and the peaches is magic.
I made this with a quart of canned peaches that I put up last summer. Did not have to add the lemon or sugar (since that is done in the canning process). Just dumped the jar into a pot and brought to boiling. OMG it came out so good. This is a recipe I will use over and over. Thank you!
Can I use cake mix? Like mix the cake mix as if I was baking it, then put the peaches on top
Maybe? It would taste a lot different. As there aren't any unusual ingredients in the recipe, I would recommend just making it that way for the best (and yummiest) results.
I'm making this for the second time this week, our peach tree is pumping out the most delicious fruit this year so I was looking for a good cobbler recipe and thank god I found this one, I'll never need another.
Thank you for posting this, it is sooo good, we will be having cobbler a lot, I just have to learn how to can peaches now.
Thank you for your amazing comment. It really brought a smile to my face...and made me crave peach cobbler!
Hi Merry...
I just signed on with you and this recipe is what I've just put in the oven. It looks soooooo yummy! I will get back to you a little later with my results. Wish I could make time fly when I want to!!