Southern Peach Cobbler with Buttermilk Biscuits
This Peach Cobbler with Biscuits is made with juicy sliced peaches, warm spices, and topped with soft buttermilk biscuits that bake up golden and crisp. It’s simple, comforting, and tastes like it came straight from Grandma’s kitchen.
Servings 12
Calories 275kcal
Ingredients
Filling:
- 8 cups peaches peeled and cut into slices
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Biscuits:
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk cold
- 8 tablespoons butter melted and slightly cooled
- Heavy cream
- Demerara sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375º.
Filling:
- Add sliced peaches, sugar and cornstarch to a large bowl and let sit for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Place in an iron skillet or baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes. While baking, make the biscuit dough.
Biscuits:
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and baking soda together in a large bowl. Combine buttermilk and melted butter in a separate bowl, stirring to combine.
- Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and stir with a rubber spatula until just incorporated, don’t overmix.
- Use a large ice cream scoop to scoop about ¼ cup of dough onto the top of the cooked peaches. You should have about 12 biscuits.
- Brush the top of the biscuits with cream and sprinkle with demerara sugar. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 20-23 minutes until the biscuits are slightly brown.
Notes
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- Store in the fridge or freezer.
- For a flavor boost, add a teaspoon of peach schnapps to the peaches before baking.
