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Busy Mom Peach Cobbler

"This yummy cobbler recipe has been in my family (and probably most southern families) for ages. I have added and taken away a few things over the years, but I love it any way I make it."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Peach and milk match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 780 recipes mention both. Both carry phellandrene, which smells minty. The science ↓

The recipe

1 - 8x8 inch cobbler
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Put the butter in an 8x8 inch baking dish and place it in the oven until fully melted, about 5 minutes.

  2. While the butter melts, whisk the self-rising flour, 1 cup white sugar and the 2% milk in a bowl until smooth.

  3. Remove the dish from the oven and pour the batter evenly over the melted butter. Do not stir.

  4. Stir the first 2 tablespoons white sugar with the ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg in a small bowl.

  5. Add the canned sliced peaches with their heavy syrup to the spiced sugar and toss gently to coat.

  6. Spoon the peach mixture evenly over the batter, then sprinkle the second 2 tablespoons white sugar over the top.

  7. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes until golden brown, bubbling at the edges, and a toothpick inserted into the batter comes out clean.

  8. Let the cobbler cool for 15 minutes before serving.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Peach + milktop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together780 recipes

    Shared aroma: phellandrene (minty).

  2. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Peach + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together625 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Sugar + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together30,777 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and cinnamon share little aroma chemistry, yet 30,777 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, peach, syrup, sugar, flour, cinnamon, milk):

  1. Nutmegthe original
  2. Cardamomabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Gingerabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, peach, syrup, sugar, flour, cinnamon, milk. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).