Fresh Peach Cobbler, The Absolutely Best Ever - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Fruit Mixture
6 tablespoons tapioca
6 -7 cups fresh peaches, sliced (or equivalent canned peaches)
1 cup sugar (omit if using sweetened canned peaches)
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Cobbler Dough
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups milk
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Cobbler Topping
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
cinnamon, to taste
nutmeg, to taste
1/2 cup boiling water

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In a mixing bowl, combine tapioca, peaches, sugar (if used), cinnamon and nutmeg.
Mix thoroughly.
Pour the fruit mixture into a buttered 9\" X 13\" baking dish.
In a bowl mix thoroughly the ingredients for the Cobbler Dough.
Spread over the fruit mixture.
In a medium mixing bowl, stir together DRY cobbler topping ingredients.
Sprinkle evenly over the cobbler dough layer.
Then pour the boiling water evenly over the cobbler.
(Do Not Stir.) Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean and top has a golden crust.