Quarantine Bake Time!

“Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.”

— Marry Berry

Baking is Fun Right?

Well everyone, I finally hit that wall of boredom in quarantine and I had to get creative with all the energy I had. One day I was scrolling through my Well everyone, I finally hit that wall of boredom in quarantine and I had to get creative with all the energy I had. One day I was scrolling through my Facebook and I came across this Tasty video from BuzzFeed about making a beautiful grilled peach cobbler for when you’re grilling outside. Earlier that day my Dad suggested he’d grill some steaks for the family, so when I saw this recipe I thought it would be the perfect time to make this dish! I went to the store to get all my ingredients and I was so excited to actually be baking something again!

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The Process…

The recipes that are produced from Tasty are typically all made from scratch and the recipe I was doing was all from scratch, so from the start I decided I wasn’t going to make the biscuits due to the fact that I didn’t have enough time to proof the dough. This the hardest part out of the way, all I had to make was the filling, and let me say this was a fun process! The recipe called for a whole vanilla bean that I had to scrape the seeds out myself. The bean smelled AMAZING and put a smile on my face as soon as the aromas hit the air! The filling was pretty easy to put together and the hardest part was to come.

When I first saw the recipe I didn’t realize that the actual cobbler itself is When I first saw the recipe I didn’t realize that the actual cobbler itself is grilled and not the peaches, so cooking a whole chilled cobbler in a grill at a constant temperature presented itself to be difficult. After our steaks were done it was time for my cobbler to cook, which needed to “bake” for one hour at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. I was constantly checking on as I was eating my meal to ensure that the temperature was always around 350 and that the biscuits weren’t burning before the filling had time to cook all the way through. Overall I thought that it came out beautifully and seemed to cook all the way through. Some pros of this recipe were that it looked pretty, easy to make and fun to bake! Cons were flavor was a little tart, biscuits were a little bit doughy, and by the time it was done cooling everyone was full. Overall I had fun making this dish and allowed me to distract myself a little bit from this whole quarantine stay at home.