Peach Cobbler Recipe for Non-Cooks, and Weekly Word.

I have not made cobbler in many a year, so I got out my trusty Fannie Farmer Cookbook and adapted their recipe for gluten-free. I know I have many readers who live gluten-free, so here’s the recipe. It is so easy–even for mostly non-cooks like me.

Peach Cobbler
Preheat Oven to 375°. Directions for an 8 inch baking dish
10 tablespoons butter or butter substitute
4-5 cups ripe peaches, peeled and sliced
1 packet True Lemon or juice of ½ fresh lemon
¾ teaspoon salt
¾ cup sugar
1 ½ cups gluten-free flour, or use a baking mix, like Bisquick Gluten-Free.
Dash each of cinnamon and nutmeg
2 teaspoons baking powder (omit if using a baking mix)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
¾ cup milk or milk substitute (call me crazy, but I use a heaping tablespoon of organic yogurt and the rest almond milk, mix well. This makes a good buttermilk substitute, too.)

Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter and spread evenly in the baking dish, making sure to spread up around the sides. Sprinkle the prepared peaches with the salt, True Lemon, and ¼ cup of the sugar. Stir to bring out the juice. Pour into the baking dish, spread evenly.

Mix the flour, remaining ½ cup sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg in a mixing bowl. Mix the ¾ milk and egg in a measuring cup. Add vanilla. Add the remaining 6 tablespoons butter, melted. Add milk mixture to the flour mixture and beat until smooth. Batter should be thick but pour-able.

Pour batter over the peaches in the baking dish and spread evenly. Bake for 30-35 minutes.

Since I’m not a true cook, I sure hope I didn’t forget anything. Any of you real cooks can tell me.

I like to go over to the AdviceToWriters website to read encouraging and enlightening quotes from writers. I don’t agree with all, but what I read never fails to enlighten my own process. Remember, everyone serves as an example, either how one would like to be, or how one would rather not be.

“Every time I write a new novel, I tell myself, Okay, here is what I’m going to try to accomplish, and I set concrete goals for myself—for the most part visible, technical types of goals. I enjoy writing like that. As I clear a new hurdle and accomplish something different, I get a real sense that I’ve grown, even if only a little, as a writer. It’s like climbing, step-by-step, up a ladder. The wonderful thing about being a novelist is that even in your 50s and 60s, that kind of growth and innovation is possible. There’s no age limit.” ~Haruki Murakami

Heard of a writer the other day who began in his 80s. You are never too old to keep on learning. The whole point of living is to keep growing, and it’s okay to go slowly. Savor and enjoy the learning, and being a blessing with what is learned. That’s something I wish I had know when I was twenty-five.

Just now on Amazon Kindle, Lost Highways is my top seller. It has suddenly occurred to me that much like Rainey, I enjoy the highway.

“Straight out of the heartland of the South, Lost Highways is a novel to gently rock the heart and soul…the story of a woman traveling too long on an endless stretch of lonesome road who finds her way home at last.”