Blueberry Peach Cobbler

Blueberry Peach Cobbler (from Cooking Light)

Ingredients:

Peach Mixture - 

5 pounds peaches, peeled, pitted, and sliced

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

3/4 cup sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons flour

Blueberry Topping - 

1 1/2 cups flour (6.75 ounces)

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter - softened

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup buttermilk

2 cups blueberries

2 tablespoons turbinado sugar

Instructions:

Peach Mixture - 

1.  Place peaches in a large bowl.

2.  Drizzle peaches with lemon juice.

3.  Add 3/4 cup sugar, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 2 tablespoons flour and toss.

4.  Spray 13x9 glass or ceramic baking dish with cooking spray.

5.  Arrange peach mixture in 13x9 baking dish.

Blueberry Topping:

1.  Combine 1 1/2 cup flour with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon baking powder.  

2.  Set flour mixture aside.

3.  In a medium bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup softened butter and beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy - about 2 minutes.

4.  Add eggs - one at a time - beating well after each addition.

5.  Stir in vanilla.
6.  You now have the flour mixture and the sugar-butter-egg mixture.  For the next step, you will also need the buttermilk.  So, you will have the flour mixture, the buttermilk, and the sugar-butter-egg mixture.

7.  Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar-butter-egg mixture.  Begin and end with flour mixture.  Beat until just combined.

8.  Stir in blueberries.

Putting it all together:

1.  Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.

2.  Spread blueberry/flour topping over peach mixture.

3.  Sprinkle with turbinado sugar.

4.  Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour or until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbly.

5.  Enjoy!

Mark's Story - 

I found this recipe in Cooking Light's Cakes, Pies, & Cobblers magazine.  I read through it and found a lot of recipes that I would love to try.  This one in particular caught my attention as I love peaches and blueberries.  It turned out really well.  It was a bit messy to make as I used a lot of bowls to peel and pit the peaches.  Once the peaches are peeled, pitted, and sliced, the rest of the recipe does not take that long.  You will need at least three different bowls for this recipe - 1. peach mixture.  2. flour mixture  3.  sugar/blueberry/egg mixture.  Trish really liked it.  I thought it was really good.  Abby showed some interest in trying it at some later point.

References

“Blueberry Peach Cobbler,”  Cooking Light - Cakes, Pies & Cobblers, (2014): p. 24.