Peach Cobbler - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. sliced peaches
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter or margarine
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. shortening
1/4 c. + 1 Tbsp. cold water

Preparation

Combine peaches, sugar and butter.
Bring to boil and cook over low heat until peaches are tender and mixture thickens.
Pour peach mixture into a lightly buttered oblong baking dish.
Combine flour and salt; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Sprinkle water evenly over flour mixture and stir with fork until all ingredients are moistened.
Shape pastry into a ball.
Roll out pastry to 1/8-inch thickness onto a lightly floured board; cut into 1-inch strips and arrange half of strips into lattice design over peaches.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 35 minutes.
Remove from oven; gently press baked pastry into peach mixture.
Repeat lattice design over peaches with remaining pastry strips; return to oven and bake additional 40 minutes.