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I made a peach cobbler last night and my MIL actually said she liked it. I actually make it with dumplings AND a top crust. It's a dieter's nightmare because it's canned peaches, sugar, and a stick of butter - and the dumplings and crust are made with butter flavored crisco.

I only ate a spoonful, but they both liked it.

Did you almost pass out when she said that or what!!! Kill her with kindness and fatty treats! Totally kidding. I would love a bite of that btw. As my son says nom nom nom.

Since she came upstairs with a bowl of it in her hand, yes - I almost passed the heck out. I kept waiting for the punch line.

I keep looking over my shoulder thinking something is going to happen. Wait for it...wait for i....

Having a MIL like the food you cook is an awesome and rare compliment. Way to go, Dianne.

Anything with a stick of butter has to be good. Are you willing to post the recipe? It sounds absolutely sinful and that would make it worth eating. My husband is a peach cobbler fanatic and yours sounds great.

Hi Karen,
I'm actually a cook that rarely measures but really goes by taste.

So I start on the stove top with canned peaches toss in sugar, brown sugar, butter, salt, vanilla and cinnamon, A pinch of allspice. You need to transfer the pan to the oven at some point so make sure you use one that you can also bake in like a roaster. The initial cooking is stove top though.

The trick is the crust and dumplings. I make a lot of pie crust out of butter flavored crisco, flour, sugar and water. Roll it out and put into 1 inch squares. Then I drop square by square into the pot and push it down with a spoon until it stays down in the pot. The more you add, the more cake like consistency the dessert. When I've added enough dumplings, I take the remaining dough and cut stips to crisscross over the top. Then I take the whole thing and put it in the oven at 375 to cook for about 45 minutes until the dumplings are done.

The family loves it because the dumplings soak up the peach juice as it cooks.

Oh, Dianne, I LOVE peach cobbler. You should make me one!

Hi Deb,
I would love to but it never seems to last long.

Peach Cobbler, Sweet Potato Pie and Abrosia (fruit salad) are very popular around here and never last long when I make them.