
Here’s a true Old-Time Oven Peach Cobbler 🍑🥧
The kind grandma made—simple pantry ingredients, juicy peaches, and a golden crust, no shortcuts, no fancy steps.
🍑 Old-Time Oven Peach Cobbler
🛒 Ingredients
For the peaches:
- 6–8 fresh peaches, peeled & sliced
(or 4 cups canned peaches, drained) - ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup water
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg (optional)
- 1 tbsp butter
For the batter:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup (1 stick / 115 g) butter, melted
👩🍳 Instructions
- Cook the peaches
In a saucepan, combine peaches, sugar, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, and 1 tbsp butter.
Bring to a boil, then simmer 10 minutes. Set aside. - Prepare the baking dish
Pour melted butter into a 9×13 inch (23×33 cm) baking dish. - Make the batter
In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and milk until smooth. - Assemble (do NOT stir!)
Pour batter over melted butter.
Spoon peaches and syrup evenly over batter.
Do not mix. - Bake
Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 40–45 minutes, until golden and bubbly. - Cool slightly & serve
Let rest 10–15 minutes before serving.
⭐ Old-Fashioned Tips
- Don’t stir—this creates the magic crust
- Fresh peaches give best flavor, but canned works
- Cobbler thickens as it cools
🍨 How It’s Served
- Warm, with vanilla ice cream
- Or whipped cream
- Even better the next day
🔁 Variations
- Add a splash of vanilla to peaches
- Use half brown sugar for deeper flavor
- Add blueberries or blackberries
- Sprinkle top with cinnamon sugar before baking
If you want, I can:
- Write this as a viral Facebook / Pinterest post
- Make a Southern extra-juicy version
- Adapt it to slow cooker or air fryer
- Turn it into mini cobblers
Just tell me 😊









