until yesterday.
i read an article in the paper about barack obama's favorite peach cobbler a few weeks back and waited for a good opportunity to try the recipe. yesterday's ward potluck was just the occasion. i figured i would announce that it was barack obama's favorite... the republicans skin would crawl... and i'd get to take most of it home.
the recipe called for frozen peaches. the grocery store didn't have many in stock, so i improvised and paired them with blackberries.
turned the oven to 375, set the timer, then went upstairs to get ready for church. i went back to check on it a half hour later... when i opened the oven door, my mascara didn't melt like it usually does. the display screen read "warm". bugger.
i turned the oven off... and back on again... and went back upstairs to finish getting ready. half hour later... still warm. my oven wasn't working... and i needed to get to church. if i didn't drop $20 on frozen fruit, i would have given up on the whole thing.
15 cups of frozen fruit... filled to the brim... defrosted and ooey gooey. and ready to embark on a road trip. i wrapped it in foil and saran wrap the best i could and placed it on the flattest part of my car. the floor. but by the first right turn... red fruit juice had sloshed itself all over.
i called jen... "there's been a complication with the baking. turn your oven to 375!"
dressed in my sunday best... dripping wet from the rain... i carried the WARM cobbler into the house. it looked like someone was killed in my back seat and i dragged the body to jen's house to hide.
an hour later, i braved the BLIZZARD and headed back down the hill to take the cobbler out of the oven. HOT, this time... but still ooey gooey... it was in no condition to make another road trip. so an hour later, we did it all over again and brought it up the hill to the potluck.
it was delish... even the republicans ate it.
since it ended up being so disastrous... i never got a pic of the finished product... but this is what it was supposed to look like....
recipe: (just for you, jes...)
DIXIE KITCHEN AND BAIT SHOP PEACH COBBLER
Makes 10 servings
For the filling:
15 cups frozen peaches (about seven 10-ounce bags), thawed and drained
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 rounded teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
3/4 cup peach juice (the juice drained from the frozen peaches is fine)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, cut into small pieces
For the crust:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup Crisco shortening
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, cut into small pieces
1/3 to 1/2 cup ice water
1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2. To make the filling, arrange the peaches in an even layer in the prepared baking pan. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Whisk in the peach juice until smooth. Pour the mixture over the peaches. Sprinkle the butter over the top. Set aside.
4. To make the crust, in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Add the shortening and butter, then use a pastry blender or gloved hands to work them into the dry ingredients until the mixture forms pea-sized lumps.
5. Slowly add the water, adding enough and mixing only until the dough holds together. Do not over mix.
6. Place the dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Roll out the dough into a rectangle slightly large than the baking pan and about 1/4 inch thick.
7. Remove the top sheet of parchment paper. The dough then can be cut into strips and woven into a crust over the cobbler (this is the method preferred by Andresen).
8. For an easier crust, invert the crust onto the baking pan and carefully peel off the parchment paper. Trim the crust to fit just inside the edge of the pan and make a couple of slits in the top.
9. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until the crust is golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
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