Bourbon Peach Cobbler
Residents of our Norwood neighborhood here in Birmingham celebrate a night out once a year on our beautiful historic boulevard. This evening involves loading up tables with Southern goodies for a wonderful potluck dinner of neighborly deliciousness. With our local Alabama farmers’ market stands enticing shoppers with mounds of blushing, fragrant Chilton County peaches, I couldn’t resist pulling out the iron to contribute some old fashioned skillet cobbler. And since no one is drinking alcohol at the Neighborhood Night Out, I figured I’d booze up my skillet with Wild Turkey American Honey, the 2012 Flavored Bourbon of the Year in NY International Spirits Competition. That iron skillet was emptied pretty quickly with demands for a larger skillet for next year. 8 peaches, peeled and sliced
1/2 cup Wild Turkey American Honey
3/4 cup turbinado sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
pinch ground nutmeg
pinch ground allspice
pinch of sea salt
Crust
1 cups self rising flour
¼ cup sugar
1/2 stick salted butter
1/2 cup whole fat buttermilk
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Boil the fruit for about a minute, then put the peaches in ice cold water for about another minute. Once cool enough to touch, you can easily remove the peels. Melt 1/2 stick butter in a 8 inch iron skillet over low heat until brown and bubbly. Stir in bourbon, spices, sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch, then add peaches. Simmer 5 minutes.
Make crust while fruit is simmering. Cut butter into flour and sugar in large glass bowl. Add buttermilk and combine with wooden spoon just until flour is moist. Drop small mounds of biscuit dough on top of peach mixture in iron skillet to cover top of fruit. It is OK to have some peach mixture show through. Bake for 25 minutes or until top is golden brown.