It has been awhile since I shared a brief history about a food recipe of mine. However, as I was prepping  to share this recipe with you, I started reflecting on the history. As a homeschool mom, I love to learn and share history with my kids about everything. Food included!

September is knocking at the door as I’m writing this. Fall will be here before we know it and cobbler is the perfect dish to satisfy our sweet tooth during this time of year.

When the English settlers came across the ocean and the New World began, European settlers came across the ocean with their pie recipes. Pie dates back to around 950BC. The problem with these wonderful, traditional pie recipes is that some supplies were not always readily available for them to have on hand.

They used what they had cooking over those open fires. Using their cast iron pans placed over hot coals to cook, they would add in biscuit dough over the fruit and this was how the cobbler was first-born!

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Then came the Westward Expansion and some of the fruits that were traditionally available like peaches, cherries, plums, etc., were not easy to come by. During their trip west while they were on the trail, they just had to make due with the supplies they had.

They didn’t have the liberty to run down to the store and purchase more. They often used canned or dried fruit, baking powder, chemically leavened bread, and their beloved open fire for a stove.

The cobbler became a North American invention! As I mentioned earlier, cobbler was a modified pie using various ingredients, cooking supplies and the environment that was available to them.

Cobblers traditionally were eaten for breakfast or even a main meal. It took a long time before cobblers were officially called a desert! In the 19th century, they officially became part of the dessert food group. (There is a dessert food group right?! lol)

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Cobbler is still very popular today! In homes and restaurants everywhere you can find this beloved dish on the menu or at the kitchen table.

Here in the south we eat our peach cobbler with ice cream. In the 1950’s peach cobbler was still making history. The Georgia peach council wanted to sell more peaches. Therefore, April 13th became Peach Cobbler day officially!

“The cobbler is simple. It’s homey, nothin’ fancy. It cuts across socio-economic lines and is eaten in red and blue states alike. Its history is one of immigrant innovative spirit. A Peach Cobbler is as American as Apple Pie.”  Kim O’Donnel – The Washington Post.

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Instant Pot Peach Cobbler

Ingredients

Ingredients for Peach pie filling:

Directions

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Instant Pot Peach Cobbler

Fall will be here before we know it and cobbler is the perfect dish to satisfy our sweet tooth during this time of year.

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Ingredients

• Peach Pie Filling:
• 8 medium sized ripe peaches peeled, sliced, and depitted
• 1/4 cup scant sugar
• 2 tsp flour
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp salted butter
• 1 tbsp light brown sugar
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• Cobbler:
• 1 box Pillsbury golden yellow cake mix
• 1 stick butter (softened)
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg

Instructions

Peach Pie Filling:

1. In a copper red pan (or non-stick pan) over medium-low, add butter and allow to melt.
2. Then add in sugar, light brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, peaches, and vanilla extract. Stir until all ingredients have dissolved and melded together.
3. Once ingredients have melded together, sprinkle flour over top, and then then mix well.
4. All contents to come to a very small bubbling effect, and then reduce heat to low. Cook on low for 5-8 minutes, or until peaches have turned very soft. Remove from heat and allow to cool. 

Cobbler:

1. Add all ingredients into a bowl, and mix well with a fork or pastry mixer tool. Mix until you see different sized pebbles form. Be sure butter is mixed well into the cake mix. 
2. Add half the peach filling into the bottom of your pyrex dish. Take half of the butter cake mix combination and cover the top of the peaches
3. Place 1 1/2 cups of water in your IP liner, and place your trivet inside. Place your pyrex cobbler mix on top of your trivet. 
4. Place a piece of foil on top of your pyrex dish to stop any water droplets from falling on it.
5. Close your lid and close your vent on the lid. Place on high manual pressure for 20 minutes, and allow to NPR for 10 minutes. QR the rest of the steam. 
6. Remove lid and remove foil. Allow to cool for approximately 5 minutes before removing trivet and pyrex from the IP. 
7. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Notes

This recipe will make a double batch. So set the other half aside for the second bath. This will store in the freezer for 5-6 months.