Peach Cobbler

The Peach Cobbler is a delicious deep dish dessert that is popular in America. It's somewhat like a pie, with peach filling in a thick crust most commonly made using biscuit.

 

History of the Peach Cobbler

The ancestry of the peach cobbler can be traced to the fruit cobbler, which was invented by early settlers who brought to America different varieties of pies, puddings and other desserts, some of them using really delicious fruits. The peach cobbler is one of them. The early settlers ate the dish as a main course. It was only in the 19th century that peach cobbler recipes started being eaten as a dessert dish, when a lot of other items took their place as main course.

 

Ingredients and Method of Preparation of Peach Cobbler

The peach cobbler essentially consists of a peach filling covered with a pastry crust made of biscuit crumbs or drop biscuits, and bread dough. Early settlers baked the peach cobbler in open fire pots. The preparation of the dessert is quite uncomplicated. The filling is stewed in a pot with the pastry dough covering which gets puffed up as the filling cooks.

 

Food Value of the Peach Cobbler

Peach cobbler recipes use a plenty of fruit and bread loaf, making it not only a comfort food, but one maong the very nutritious and substantial meals which were popularly eaten by the early settlers for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Peach Cobbler Festival, The Georgia Peach Festival, held annually, exhibits the World's Largest Peach Cobbler.