Peach Cobbler with Dumplings

Ingredients:

* 1 tablespoon cornstarch
* 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
* 1/3 cup water
* 4 cups fresh peaches, peeled & sliced
* 1 tablespoon butter
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Dumpling Batter:

* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1 egg
* 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 tablespoon sugar
* 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon

Preparation:
Filling:
Mix cornstarch and brown sugar in a round glass cake dish (must be microwave-safe). Add water; stir. Stir peaches in gently. Microwave on High (100%) for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring once or twice, or until mixture boils and has thickened. After mixture thickens, stir in butter and lemon juice. Meanwhile, prepare dumpling batter.

Dumplings:
Soften in a mixing bowl for about 10 seconds over a bowl of warm water. Beat in egg. Add flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Beat with a wooden spoon just until batter is smooth. Drop batter by spoonfuls in a circle over hot peach mixture (about 6 evenly spaced mounds). Sprinkle a mixture of sugar and cinnamon over batter. Microwave on High (100%) 10 minutes. During the last 2 minutes of cooking, spoon hot peach syrup over dumplings. Serve warm with cream or ice cream.

This recipe contains lots of ingredients for a simple peach cobbler, but in the end, it was so worth it! Niles helped me make it from start to finish, so if he can do it, you can do it too. We had fresh peaches from the Produce Box to use up and this was an excellent way to use them. The fact that it was microwavable would normally turn me off, but it was so hot that I didn't want to turn the oven on that day. You'd never know that it wasn't made in the stove at all!