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.
I never made a cobbler before, I'm from Bolivia, South America and we don't have this kind of dessert. I have a question, for how long the peaches has to be boil?
Thank you
Roxana,
Just boil them for a few minutes until the sugar is completely turned into syrup.
Hi Merry! The recipe is made and gone. You weren't kidding, it is the best evah! I can't believe how easy it was to make! The best! I haven't a desire to try any other receive now. This one is so good why bother!!
So glad you liked it!
I made this tonight for the first time. Will not be the last. Absolutely amazing.
Yay! I love hearing people who made it and enjoyed.
My new go to dessert...it's sooooo good! I do half peaches and half strawberries. Everyone goes on and on! New favorite comfort food!
I've made this twice now from your recipe and OMG is all I can say...IT WAS A HIT!! Now my question is can I do this recipe for a blackberry cobbler using fresh blackberries?
Yes, any berries, or berry mixtures, are good in this recipe!
Can't wait to try this - sounds so good. I just have a question - is it really 1 Tbsp of baking powder ? Sounds like a lot.
Made this, it was VERY liquidy, put it in the oven anyway, it boiled over, made a HUGE mess in my oven and was not edible. Any ideas on what went wrong?
Hmm...what kind of peaches did you use? There aren't that many liquid ingredients so it shouldn't have been very liquidy unless you accidentally put a liquid ingredient in twice?
i made this cobbler and added sultanas. Absolutely a winner served it with vanilla custard.
Sounds delish! Thank you for letting me know how it went!
I made this recipe this weekend. My husband and kids LOVED it...and so did I. It was amazingly simple. I doubled the recipe and thought it would last - but only lasted the weekend. This recipe will stay with me forever.
1 tablespoon baking powder
Or
1 teaspoon?
OMG this cobbler was off the chain!!!!
Great recipe, will definitely be making this again:)
If using frozen peaches, should they be thawed before cooking?
You don't have to. They will thaw as you cook them with the sugar. 🙂
If you use canned peaches do you still use the lemon juice and sugar the same?
Loved this recipe. Been making it a lot and as I comment it's in the oven. Thank you it's so easy to make and really tasty. Xxx
11x13 seems a tad big, can you use a 9x13 and if so will it change the cook time?
You can definitely use a 9 X 13. In fact, I think that is the size I make it in often. The time should be similar.
Same question as Brittney back in Dec..I'm using canned peaches so do I still drain them and then add to sugar and lemon juice and then bring to a boil? Thanks so much!! Can't wait to try it!!!
I would. To be honest, though, I've never used canned peaches so not 100% sure.
My husband decided last night he wanted a cobbler... found this recipe while browsing pinterest and looks like I am going to give it a go! I usually make it with a cake mix and it is still very delicious, this isn't very difficult and the best part is I have the ingredients on hand (unlike the cake mix.) Cant wait to try it out later.
I only had 2 cups of frozen fresh peaches so I cut in half,hoping it turns out! Thanks for the recipe
Peach cobbler and apple crisps (I think that is what they are called) are my Fav's! But I have never made them myself. One question, they usually have some kind of oatmeal component though. Is there a way to add oatmeal? With or without oatmeal, I am making this for the Super Bowl! Thanks for the inspiration and a pretty easy recipe to follow!
Crisps contain oatmeal, cobblers don't. 🙂
This recipe is sooooooooooo good thanks for sharing!! Like the others though I did cut back on the sugar wayyyyy too sweet and instead of using regular milk I used carnation milk gives it a rich taste! Your the best
Carnation evaporated milk? That would make it sweeter too as it is sweater tasting than normal milk.
Maybe that's why haha but still came out great! An easy quick recipe. Thanks again. Going down as best mommy
I think there might be some confusion here. Evaporated can milk only has 3 grams sugar which is less than 2% fat milk has. However, condensed canned milk has 22 grams. Evaporated milk is richer because half of the water has been removed.
It calls for milk. Plain ol milk.