PEACH COBBLER WITH BOURBON RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large bowl add the peaches, bourbon, 1/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon and mix well to coat the peaches evenly; set aside.
• Prepare the dumplings:
• Into a bowl sift together the flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) butter into small pieces.
• Add it to the flour mixture and cut it in with a pastry blender or your hands until the mixture looks like coarse bread crumbs.
• Pour in the cream and mix just until the dough comes together.
• Don't overwork; the dough should be slightly sticky but manageable.
• In a 10-inch cast iron skillet over medium-low heat, melt the remaining 4 tablespoons butter.
• Add the peaches and cook gently until heated through, about 5 minutes.
• Drop the dough by tablespoonfuls over the warm peaches.
• There can be gaps, the dough will puff up and spread out as it bakes.
• Brush the top with some heavy cream and sprinkle with some sugar; put it into the oven on a baking sheet to catch any drips.
• Cook for 40 to 45 minutes until the top is browned and the fruit is bubbling.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Reserve peals and pits from peaches.
• Mix sliced peaches, sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon powder in a bowl and reserve.
• Combine bourbon (Maker's Mark is really good in this), orange juice, lemon juice, lemon zest, fruit jam, cinnamon stick, and peach scraps in a sauce pan, bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer and reduce mixture for approximately 10 minutes.
• Mix flour, buttermilk, baking powder, baking soda and salt with a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg and set aside or in refrigerator for a few minutes. I have also used Dry Buttermilk Pancake Mix and 1/2 cup milk in place of the flour, buttermilk, baking powder and baking soda.
• Strain reduced orange juice mixture and mix with peaches.
• Pour melted butter into an 8x11" baking pan.
• Spoon dough mixture over butter evenly, but leaving some gaps (this helps the dough rise over the peaches later.
• Pour peaches over dough.
• Bake for about 1 hour at 350F, or until the crust has risen to top of cobbler and crisped slightly. Can add a bit of sugar to top of cobbler just before finished and place in broiler to get a crisper caramelized topping, but beware this can be tricky.