This recipe from Taste of Home is a delicious blend of southern peaches, brown sugar and pecans. It is similar to cobbler, but the fruit on the bottom becomes thicker than a traditional cobbler. Make Tennessee Peach Pudding and you’ll quickly add it to your list of favorite summer dessert recipes.
As a Community Cook for Taste of Home, it has been fun to make and review recipes. I always find a recipe that is so good that I make it again and again. Tennessee Peach Pudding is one of those recipes.
And it all starts with juicy, ripe peaches. During our travels we found a peach farm in eastern North Carolina— Johnson’s Peach Farm. They sell the best peaches we’ve had in years. Sweet and delicious, every single time.
I like to use yellow cling-free peaches. I think yellow peaches are a bit sweeter than white, and the cling-free variety means that they are easy to peel and the pit comes out cleanly. Simply make a slice around the center of the peach and twist. Then remove the pit, peel each half, and slice the peaches!
Tennessee Peach Pudding
I gave the recipe for Tennessee Peach Pudding 5 stars on tasteofhome.com. The only addition I made to the original recipe was sprinkling 1/2 cup of chopped pecans over the peaches before pouring the hot water and sugar mixture on the dessert. We like the added crunch of the pecans. This one is a keeper!
Tennessee Peach Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon optional
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 3 cups sliced peeled fresh or frozen peaches
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped
topping:
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Vanilla ice cream optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and, if desired, cinnamon. Stir in milk just until combined; fold in peaches.
- Spread into a greased 8-in. square baking dish.
- Sprinkle 1/2 cup of chopped pecans over the peach mixture.
- For topping, combine water, sugars, butter and nutmeg in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugars are dissolved. Pour over peach mixture.
- Bake until filling is bubbly and a toothpick inserted in topping comes out clean, 40-50 minutes.
- Serve warm or cold, with ice cream if desired.
