Old-Fashioned Peach Cobbler - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. sliced fresh peaches
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. shortening
1/4 c. plus 1 Tbsp. cold water

Preparation

Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium pan; bring to boil and cook over low heat until peaches are tender and mixture thickens. Pour peach mixture into a lightly buttered baking dish.
Set aside.
`Combine flour and salt; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Sprinkle water evenly over flour mixture and stir well with a fork until all ingredients are moistened.
Shape pastry into a ball.
Cut into strips.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 35 minutes.
Remove from oven and gently press baked pastry in peach mixture.
Repeat in a lattice design over peaches.
Put back in oven for 40 minutes.