Peach Cobbler

I haven't made this recipe yet, but when I mentioned it to my Mom yesterday, she was mucho excited to try it.  Pibb and I will be making it this weekend, so I'll update the post with my review and at least one picture then.  For now, here you have it: 

EDIT:  Photo added 7/19/2011

Peach Cobbler
Serves 8
WW PPV = 4

6 medium peaches, peeled, pitted and sliced
6 1/3 Tbsp sugar, divided
1 Tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 C all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp table salt
3 Tbsp reduced calorie margarine
1/2 C fat free milk

Preheat oven to 375.

In a large saucepan, combine peaches, 1/3 C sugar (5 1/3 Tbsp), cornstarch, lemon juice and cinnamon; toss to coat peaches.  Set pan over medium heat and bring to a boil cook until mixture thickens, about 1 minute.  Remove pan from heat; transfer mixture to an 8 X 8 baking pan.

To make topping, combine flour, remaining sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.  Work in margarine with a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.  Add milk and stir until flour is evenly moistened.

Drop 8 Tbsp of topping mix over peaches.  Bake until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbly, about 25 minutes.  Cut into 8 pieces and serve.


My notes so far:

Life is too short to eat reduced calorie margarine in baked goods.  I will recalculate the points on this to include real butter.  3 Tbsp divided by 8 servings isn't much, but I'm betting it will greatly improve the flavor and texture of the topping.

Also, I've made a few cobblers and crisps and they all have one thing in common - if you fail to put a baking sheet under them in the oven, they will bubble over and you'll have burned fruit stuck in there until you finally get sick enough of it to scrape the oven out.  I'll be putting a cookie sheet under this when I make it.

EDIT:
Pibb and I made this cobbler last night and I only have one thing to say about it - make this at your earliest convenience!!  It was crazy good, but even more than that, it was super easy!  The hardest, most time consuming part of it was pealing the peaches.  And even that was pretty quick - we used the boiling water/ice bath method and it was pretty smooth sailing.  I had one peach that wasn't quite as ripe as the others and that one needed to be boiled/iced twice.  Everything else was easy peasy. 

The fruit was tender and sweet, but not overly so.  The flavor of the peaches really shines here because of the small amount of sugar and spices.  The biscuit topping was tender and crumbly, but had a little crunch on the top - it was perfect.  Oh, speaking of the crust, I didn't scoop the topping in 8 individual bits, as the recipe called for.  I just used my fingers to kinda spread the topping around, mostly covering the fruit.  It worked out very well!

I served this with a bit of sugar free Cool Whip and those of us that enjoyed it, really enjoyed it.  Scooter doesn't care for cooked fruit, so she wasn't thrilled with it, but she's an odd duck. 

Changing the reduced calorie margarine to real butter increased the points plus value to 5 per serving, but I think it was well worth it!  If you're going to splurge, why not make it the best splurge you can?  I'll leave you with one final picture to help motivate you to make this NOW...