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.
Phenomenal recipe, thank you! Will be enjoying this for Easter dinner!
Wanted to let you know that in the last few months this has become my "go to" peach cobbler recipe! I make this for a dear friend who LOVES peach cobbler but is really, really and seriously picky about cobblers. This has become her favorite and it's so easy to whip one up for her when things get challenging in her world. Thanks so much for sharing this gem of a recipe!
Thank tou so much for letting me know!
I'm making this dish as I'm writing this and my batter is real stiff so I added more milk..and it still wasn't pourable.....I had to spoon it ..how was your batter because a cup didn't seem like enough...I hope it turns out okay!
Weird. Are you sure you only used 1 cup flour? A one to one ratio should be liquidy.
I did exactly what the recipe called for.......I'm not sure why that happened!!!!
So weird!
Do you know of any substitute for the butter that would work effectively?
You could try margarine. Coconut oil may also work but I've never tried it.
Tried this tonight and it was super yummy! Made a few changes however that worked great for me. Used brown sugar in the batter. Only 2 tablespoons of brown sugar in the peaches (our peaches are already quite sweet here). Used a little less butter. So in other words tried to make it lighter or "healthier". It was superb. Thank you! Wondering if the same recipe would work well with other fruits? Have you tried any?
I've added cherries to the peaches before with great success (I also added some almond extract to the batter). I think you might need to add a bit of cornstarch to blueberries if you tried it with that because they get quite liquidy when cooked. For apples I think you would need to add liquid to the fruit.
Ok so I RARELY comment on recipes weather I like them or not but I thought I'd share a funny oops that should've destroyed my cobbler but didnt! Haha, I'm halfway through eating a bit with my daughter who is raving about how yummy it is while savoring every bite and thinking about how tasty it is with ice cream when suddenly it dawned on me...
I completely forgot to add the milk!!! Haha, I just kinda sprinkled the flour mixture into the butter and dumped the peach mixture in top!!! Lol
I have no idea what possessed me to do that!! It came out carmelized around the edges and really browned on top but it is so good!!!! Perfect amount of sweetness and pairs wonderfully with ice cream!!
Thought that was quite funny and I honestly can't wait to try it the "right" way with milk added!! Haha 😉
That is awesome and TOTALLY something that would happen to me. If I get interrupted in the middle of something I always leave something out. LOL. I'm glad it turned out anyway!
Awesome recipe!! Thank you!
Phenomenal, everyone in my family loved it and it was gone in about 15 mins. THE BEST!!! Thank you thank you!
Yay!!!
Come on people, this is this womans recipe. Why comment on her recipe with your own changes you do to her recipe? This is pinterst, put your own recipe on here. Im from Alabama and this is how we make it here also, 2bcuos sugar and sll. Great recipe Merry
Thanks Jason!
I agree Jason!!!
You looked her recipe up to try it her way, why post on her blog what you changed.
I am from the south as well. I can't wait to make this tonight for the 4th of July.
Enjoy!!!!
You mentioned adding cherries and blueberries, but would tossing in several sliced strawberries be OK?
For sure!
Hello all, this recipe is great but for all the people that think it is too sweet, try using 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup white sugar because brown sugar is not as sweet as white sugar and I also used a few spoons of tapioca for thickener. Put it in with the peaches while you are cooking them in the sauce pan. Do it little by little till you get the consistency you are looking for.
Do I need to peel the peaches?
I would.
The cobbler turned out wonderful! My only advise would be to use UNSALTED butter! My first bite was a bit of a salty shock! Its a little salty around the edges bc of the salted butter but besides that, yum!
I was given 15lbs of beautiful golden peaches today. I was extremely thankful but then got home and it hit me what in the world am I going to do with all of these peaches ??? Lol
After looking through what seemed like a million peach cobbler recipes I found this one and I can honestly say this will be the only recipe I use for any cobbler. Thank You Merry ?
Yay! And so jealous. I could go for some cobbler right now!
After reading the comments on this recipe, I decided to make it with 1 1/2 cups of sugar instead of 2 cups. I halved it, 3/4 cup in the crust and 3/4 cup with the peaches. The cobbler was totally awesome! Such an easy recipe and the family was pleased. Thanks so much!
Can you freeze cobblers and bake them later?
I have never tried it.
Best cobbler I have ever tried! Thank you!!!
So happy to hear it!
YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!!! Best peach cobbler I've ever had. I made a double batch for the Labor day cookout (had close to 100 people) and it was delicious and got eaten completely. The compliments from my guest were amazing. I was lucky to get a teaspoon of my son's bowl. Will definately be making it again real soon.
I was craving peach cobbler and ran across this recipe. I did make a couple changes though. I added some nutmeg because my grandmother always put some in hers and I added a little vanilla just because a sweet dessert just isn't a dessert without it and let me tell you this cobbler was AMAZING. I definitely will be making this again. Thanks for the post.
I've made this twice and sooooo good. I was going to try with Apples for thanksgiving- do you think it would turn out the same following same recipe?
I'm not sure. I think it would need more liquid.
Btw- did a practice apple one before thanksgiving and it was amazing!!! I made it exactly the same as this- only change I would make is add more apples. So good!
Awesome! Thank you so much for letting us know. Now I have to try it!