Peach Necturine Cobbler!!!!

This is the time of the year to enjoy the bounty of fresh fruit that's available to us.  I had a bunch of peaches and necturines sitting around and just starting to get a little ripe to eat all of them before some of them start spoiling.  That means it's time for cobbler!  I don't know anyone that doesn't love cobbler.  This is old fashion cobbler.  It's easy to make and you don't have to be good at pastry dough.  All you have to do is mix stuff together and bake.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and place the rack in the middle.  You will need the following ingredients.

2 to 2 1/2 lbs of Ripe and Juicy Peaches and/or Necturines
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/8 Cup Flour
1 Tbls "Fresh" Lemon Juice
1/8 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
for the filling.

Mix all this together in a large bowl and put in a baking dish 10" x 7" x 2".  Put in the oven and cook for 15 minutes.  While this is cooking you need to make the dough for the top.  Here is what you will need.

1 1/8 Cup of Flour
4 Tbls Sugar divided into 3 Tbls and 1 Tbls
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
2 Tbls Chilled Unsalted Butter cut into small cubes
2 Tbls Chilled Vegetable Shortening cut into small cubes
3/8 Cup Buttermilk
1 Egg Beaten
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium size stainless steel bowl.  I a 4 cup glass measuring cup whisk together the buttermilk, egg and vanilla and set aside.

Add the cubed butter and shortening to the flour mixture and with you hands pinch until it looks like a fine oatmeal consistency.  Pour the buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture and mix with a wooden spoon.

When the fruit comes out of the oven glop the dough on the top of the fruit.  Sprinkle with the remaining sugar and put back in the oven and bake for 25 minutes.  It should be brown on top and bubbling all around the edges.  Let is cool on a rack for at least 15 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream.  Yum!  Enjoy!  It's delicious!