Peach Cobbler

Written by McDonald, T.  |  Updated 26th of March 2024

While chatting away to the usual people on social media, someone announced she was making a peach cobbler, which inspired me.  I looked around for the tastiest looking recipes and could instantly see how easily veganizable this recipe is.  Unfortunately, I couldn't find any fresh peaches anywhere, so I had to use tinned peaches in syrup.  Nonetheless, the recipe turned out splendid, and I highly recommend  this easy to make dessert that goes great with vegan ice-cream or vegan cream.  For your interest, peach cobbler was popular with English settlers in America.

Notes

• You can use either peaches in a tin can or fresh ones.  Bear in mind that the tinned ones are likely to be sweeter because of the syrup.  You can use a bit of the syrup too in the recipe, which is why I use less sugar with the tinned peaches. 
• You can use water instead of vegan milk if you want.  I used rice milk because it has a body and sweetness I find soya milk lacks.  You can use soya or oat milk or cashew milk, though. 

Serves 4 – 5

Time, 1hr

Ingredients 

For batter

• 80g of vegan butter
• 150g of granulated sugar
• 135g of white plain flour
• 1.5  tsp of baking powder
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• 3/4 cup of rice milk
• 1 tsp of ground cinnamon

For peaches

• 5 peeled peaches or 1 tin of peaches in syrup.
• 50g of sugar if you are using fresh peaches.
  
• Pinch of salt.

 

Apparatus

• A 23 × 30 cm baking dish
• Medium saucepan 
• Mixing bowl
• Spectacular 
  

 

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. 
2. Melt the butter in the baking dish by putting it in the oven for a few minutes.  It helps if you cut the butter up first. 
   
3. Tip the peaches into a medium-sized saucepan and add the sugar (If using tinned, you can skip this step and the next). 
4. You only need to heat the peaches and sugar up a little, so a medium heat is enough.  Heat for just a few minutes while stirring, so it doesn't stick to the bottom.  Remover completely from the heat while you quickly make the batter.
   
5. In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.  Stir the milk in genitally until combined.  Pour the mixture into the pan, over the melted butter.  DON'T MIX! (See figure 1)
   
6. Pour the peaches over the batter and dust with cinnamon. Again DON'T MIX! (See figure 2)
7. Bake in the oven at 180 °C for about 30 - 35 minutes on the middle self. 

Figure 1, Batter poured into the oil.

Figure 2, Peaches poured into the batter.

 

Results

This had a very sweet taste with wonderful crunchy bits.  The flavour of the peach and cinnamon comes through strong. 

 

I hope that you liked this blog and if you do try this recipe, please let me know how you got on and what it turned out like. You can leave a comment in the comments below.