Strawberry cobbler
According to a spring 1957 issue of the Claude News, the Business Women’s Club of this Texas panhandle town got together for a luncheon meeting. On the menu were roast…
Cobbler recipes
Blueberry peach cornmeal cobbler
A few years ago, when I arrived at a friend’s house in Austin, I handed her a Fredericksburg peach I’d picked up in the Hill Country. Before I even had…
Grandma’s peach cobbler
My grandma likes to remind me that she no longer cooks. “I don’t cook anymore,” she’ll say when we’re discussing what we’re going to eat. I always reply that it’s…
Texas chocolate cobbler
When reading a list of lunch menus from North Texas in the late 1950s, I came across a curious offering. After a meal of fried fish, black-eyed peas, and pickles…
Grandma’s pumpkin dessert
One holiday season when visiting my family, my grandma made us dessert. While usually she bakes us a pie, this time she had prepared a small square dish of something…
Danish apple cake (Aeblekage)
While looking for apple recipes, I came across a dessert in a September 1966 edition of the Dallas Morning News. It was stated as being a light dish, though I…
Blueberry lime cornmeal crumble
When I was a kid, my mom used to make a dessert that combined canned pie filling, cake mix, and a stick of butter into something of a quick cobbler….
Peach cobbler
Ripe juicy peaches are nestled in a sweet and tender batter in this classic Texas peach cobbler recipe that came from my great-grandmother. Good all year but especially good in the summer, when peaches are in season.
Sweet potato cobbler
This sweet potato cobbler is a little late. My plan had been to write about it back in June, as it’s an adaption of Nathan Jean “Mama Sugar” Sanders’ recipe,…
Hatch chile apple cobbler
Last weekend, I flew home to Texas for a family wedding. It was the Aggie branch of my family—a group that not only lives near College Station but they all…