mini peach cobblers

This peach cobbler for one recipe from Joy the Baker is perfect when you want a little sweet treat but not the sweat of a full blown cake or pie. As Joy mentions, I'd totally eat it for breakfast and I did eat it for a midnight snack. Nom.

Just cut peaches in half and remove the pit. No need to peel.

Combine some flour, brown sugar, old-fashioned oats, cinnamon and salt (Joy also likes shredded coconut and slivered almonds but I used what I had on hand.) Combine the dry ingredients with cold, cubed unsalted butter.

Pile equal portions into your peach holes, peach pits, peach ravines, what have you.....

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Bake. Top with ice cream. You're done! And your mouth is happy.

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Peach Cobbler for One, Joy the Baker

1 ripe peach

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup packed light brown sugar

3 tablespoons old-fashioned oats

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

pinch of salt

1 tablespoon shredded coconut

1 tablespoon slivered almonds

2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cubed

Place a rack in the center of the oven, and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Slice a peach in half and remove the pit.  With a small spoon, scoop out the the dark red pit center, creating just a bit more room for the crumble topping.

In a small bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, salt, coconut, and almonds.  Add butter and, with your fingers, work the butter into the dry ingredients.  Quickly break up the butter until it is well combined.  Some of the butter bits will be the size of oat flakes, others will be the size of small peas.

Place peach halves, cut side up, in a small, oven-safe dish.  Top each peach half with a generous portion of crumble topping.  Heap it on!

Bake for 20 minutes, until topping is golden brown.  Remove from the oven and serve warm with vanilla ice cream or cold milk.  Peaches are best served warm from the oven.