Southern style peach cobbler

Hi Friends!
How was your Memorial Day weekend? My family and I had a wonderful weekend together!
We started off with celebrating  the little miss’ 5 year old birthday-


Seriously, how did she become 5??!!!!
We had a FUN fun party. Ciera requested ALL girls (ok a few boys were allowed to stay to play with Charlie) and NO mommies! This was a first with no parents, and it went great!
We decorated these cute little backpacks with puffy paints and rhinestones-

Decorated cupcakes-

and painted nails-

The girls had a blast!
Over the weekend, we went out with some good friends to a cute little wine bar “Wine Works” in Mission Viejo (off Oso Parkway). I will definitely be going back!
We went to our annual church picnic at Irvine Park on Saturday, a housewarming party, celebrated another birthday on Sunday for my Mom-In-Law and again for Ciera with the family, and then Monday we just spent a nice quiet day at home, just the four of us. Pheww!
Monday we taught Charlie to ride his bike, no training wheels!


He didn’t need much teaching. He pretty much got on the bike and took off riding!

We had a BBQ on Monday evening with grilled corn, onions, sweet potatoes and chicken with a homemade white BBQ sauce, yummy!
Of course I had to make dessert, so I decided to make a homemade peach cobbler with peaches from my Mom’s peach tree.

She gave me TONS of peaches! Of course all the peaches on her tree became ripe all at once! HA!
Here’s a tip: If you happen to have a peach tree of your own, and can’t eat all those peaches in time, cut them up, place them in a freezer bag and freeze them. That’s exactly what I did. Here’s a wonderful recipe for peach cobbler, that I will for sure be making again!

Southern Style Peach Cobbler:

• 1 stick (4 ounces) butter, melted
• 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 to 4 ripe peaches, peeled, pitted, thinly sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Heat oven to 375°. Pour melted butter into a 2-quart baking dish. In a mixing bowl, combine 1 cup of the sugar, the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir to blend. Stir in the milk and vanilla until blended. Pour the batter over the melted butter. Toss the peaches with the remaining 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Arrange the peach slices over the batter. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. The top will be browned and the cake will begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.

This was THE perfect Memorial Day weekend dessert. It was amazing. It is perfect topped with a little vanilla ice cream, or even some whipped cream. Yum!
Please let me know if you try out this recipe and what you think of it, I’d love to hear from you!
Happy almost Summer!