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    Peach Cobbler with Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits {gluten-free}

    Modified: Mar 7, 2025 · Published: August 1, 2016 by Sarah Menanix · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits

    The day before we left for Minneapolis, my mom brought me a bag of peaches from her tree. I wish I could say this peach cobbler with brown butter chestnut biscuits was made from her peaches, but I'd be lying. I thought about saying it anyway - how would you ever know? - but then I remembered something: I'm a terrible liar.

    Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits

    Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits

    Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits

    "Organic peaches," she said as I inspected the bag of bruised, roughed-up peaches, hoping the qualification would make-up for their ho-hum appearance. It did. A bag of home-grown peaches pleading with me to do something - anything - with them, and an empty suitcase waiting to be packed. So I asked my mom to chop them up and toss them in the freezer.

    I came in a few minutes later to find her painstakingly peeling each (extra ripe and smushy) peach with a paring knife and heaps of determination. Turns out my mom hates peach fuzz - she says it feels like she's eating cotton balls. In fact, she'd rather eat the cotton balls. Now I've got a huge tupperware full of peeled, sliced peaches in my freezer to snack on like popsicles all summer long.

    A tupperware that I accidentally defrosted last week for dinner when I meant to pull out my tomato sauce with stewed zucchini (made from my mom's tomatoes! This time it's not a lie.). We got take-out that night, but not before I snagged a few peaches. Note to self: organize freezer.

    Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits

    Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits

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    One of the only dishes I'll gladly break the "don't turn the oven on in the summer" rule for is this gluten-free peach cobbler. Unlike some fruit that turns jammy when cooked, stone fruit - and peaches in particular - get sweeter and more luscious with a little heat. If you're not so lucky to get cream of the crop peaches, a few minutes on the stove with a sprinkle of sugar can instantly rehabilitate dull-tasting peaches.

    These brown butter chestnut biscuits are the real cat's meow of this recipe though. Since traditional buttermilk drop biscuits use cold butter cut into the flour to create flakiness, I kept that same method by chilling the browned butter until firm again. The brown butter adds depth and a seductive nuttiness to the biscuits that weds beautifully with the earthy chestnut flour. Contrasting the warm peaches with a cozy wintry layer like brown butter chestnut biscuits brings out the bright peach notes with a rustic flair.

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    Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits

    Peach Cobbler with Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits {gluten-free}

    yields: 6 servings
    5 from 1 review
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    Ingredients

    Peach Filling
    • 2½ lbs fresh peaches, sliced into eighths (4-5 peaches)
    • 1 tablespoon Bob’s Red Mill tapioca flour
    • 3 tablespoons light or dark brown sugar
    Brown Butter Chestnut Biscuits
    • ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons chestnut flour
    • ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons gluten-free oat flour
    • 2 tablespoons sweet rice flour, different from "white rice flour" or "brown rice flour"
    • 2 tablespoon Bob’s Red Mill tapioca flour
    • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 3½ tablespoons unsalted butter
    • ¼ cup + 3 tablespoons cold buttermilk
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    INSTRUCTIONS

    • First, brown the butter: In a small pan, heat the butter. After the butter melts and foams, it will begin to turn golden brown with a nutty aroma. Stir frequently, watching carefully until it just browns. Pour the browned butter with any crispy bits into a parchment-lined bowl and refrigerate until solid, at least an hour.
    • Preheat the oven to 450°F.
    • Toss the peaches with tapioca starch and brown sugar in a medium skillet. Heat on the stove, stirring until just warm and beginning to bubble, 3-5 minutes. If using a cast iron skillet, you can bake it right in the skillet, otherwise, transfer it to an 9-inch round or 9x9-inch square baking dish.
    • In a medium bowl, whisk together the chestnut flour, oat flour, sweet rice flour, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt.
    • When the butter is chilled, cut it into ¼-inch pieces, add it to the flour and, working quickly, use your hands or a pastry knife to combine until the largest pieces of butter are no bigger than a pea.
    • Add the buttermilk and stir with a fork to completely combine.
    • Divide the biscuit dough into six pieces. Slightly flatten them into round disks and plop them on top of warm peaches.
    • Bake for 20-24 minutes, until the biscuits are golden brown on top, kissed with a few dark spots.
    • Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

    Notes

    *I grind my own oat flour by pulsing gluten-free oats in the blender or food processor until fine, then sifting out any large pieces.
    **If you don't have time to chill the brown butter, you can skip the brown butter step and just use regular butter - the biscuits will still be tasty! If not browning the butter, use only 3 tablespoons of butter!
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    1. Mohammed Ahmed -

      June 26, 2021 at 5:22 am

      Hi Sara,
      I wanted to ask you that in my country xanthan gum isn't available can you mention any good gluten free substitute

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        June 30, 2021 at 2:53 pm

        I made this recipe first back in 2016, but I've since been making my biscuits without xanthan gum and they work just fine! Just leave it out and continue as normal :) In fact, I'm going to update the recipe to leave out the xanthan gum!

        Reply
    2. Bethany @ Athletic Avocado -

      August 08, 2016 at 4:17 am

      Peach cobbler is my all time favorite summer dessert! Your version looks like the bomb.com!

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      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 09, 2016 at 12:01 am

        Aw thanks Bethany!

        Reply
    3. Jayme | holly & flora -

      August 07, 2016 at 10:43 pm

      SARAH. I cannot get over these photos. And I have so many peaches on my counter top right now. I can only hope I don't just gobble them all up before being able to make this. So gorgeous, lady.

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 09, 2016 at 12:01 am

        Oh my gosh - that is the biggest compliment coming from you! Thank you thank you thank you!

        Reply
    4. Joyce @ Sun Diego Eats -

      August 05, 2016 at 11:01 am

      I hate peach fuzz too!!!! But love the flavours in this cobbler! The brown butter and chestnut sound like they would be lovely with peaches (fuzzy or not)

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 09, 2016 at 12:00 am

        Hahaha - You can make my like mom and totally peel the peaches for the cobbler then:) <3

        Reply
    5. Ellie | from scratch mostly -

      August 05, 2016 at 10:41 am

      Chestnut anything is soooo good, but I've never tried chestnut flour and this sounds like such an exciting recipe. Your mom really sounds like my mom~well, my mom, being korean and all, has to peel everything to begin with. (I don't know why they do that???) But she doesn't consume or let ME consume peach fuzz unless she's scrubbed it with something like sandpaper, haha. I guess it's much healthier that way but who really has the time to scrub them all? ;)

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      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 09, 2016 at 12:00 am

        Hahaha - woah - I had no idea there were health reasons for it too (is that really a thing?!?! Oh our moms are so silly with their peeling! I definitely don't have time for that!

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    6. Marissa -

      August 05, 2016 at 9:36 am

      So funny about your mom and peach fuzz - my husband is the same. He can't deal with unpeeled apricots either.

      I honestly can't get enough peaches this time of year and I'm happy to eat them plain, over the sink with juice dripping down my wrists, and just a smidge happier eating them grilled or in a gorgeous cobbler like this! Heat really does add that extra something to peaches. And the texture of the biscuits looks fabulous! I genuinely prefer baked goods with whole grain flours - white flour based goodies are often too sweet or texture boring. So these look just perfect and cooling the brown butter before adding it is just genius.

      Happy weekend, Sarah!

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      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:56 pm

        Unpeeled apricots?! Woah. That's some dedication if he actually peels them! I wholeheartedly agree with you - alternative flours add so much more flavor to the baked goods! <3

        Reply
    7. Amanda @ Cookie Named Desire -

      August 04, 2016 at 8:07 pm

      Oh man this looks so good! We are going peach picking next week, so I will need to save this recipe for then. I love chestnuts, but never even heard of chestnut flour before. Mind blown. Obviously I need to buy some asap!

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:51 pm

        Chestnut flour such a unique but smooth flour - and it replaces so nicely in traditional baked goods! You could even start by just swapping in 1/3 of your AP flour with chestnut flour for just a hint of it's sweet toastiness!

        Reply
    8. Alyssa Wiegand -

      August 04, 2016 at 4:07 pm

      Mmmmm, can't wait to pick up some chestnut flour when I get back from my trip and make yummy things like this :)

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:50 pm

        It's one of my favorite alternative flours - I think you'll love it!

        Reply
    9. em -

      August 04, 2016 at 12:54 pm

      YOU BROWNED IT AND THEN YOU CHILLED IT. (The buttah.) You are so much better at time management than me. Baking, too, but we already knew that. Looks amazing, lady.

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:49 pm

        Hahahaha - I mean, the first time I tested the recipe, I didn't brown the butter. Then once I knew the biscuits would work with normal butter, THEN I managed my time. It works both ways. Remember that time I made cobbler and then baked it like 75 degrees too low and the biscuits sunk into the fruit?

        Reply
    10. gerry @ foodness gracious -

      August 04, 2016 at 9:06 am

      Whoa whoa whoa....shut the front door!! That last pic is my spirit shot ;)

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:48 pm

        <3 Thanks Gerry!

        Reply
    11. Aysegul -

      August 04, 2016 at 8:07 am

      WOW! What a peach cobbler. Those peaches look breathtaking. I am so new to baking with alternative flours and am dying to get my hands on chestnut/coconut/brown rice, etc flours. So much learning to do, but thanks to your beautiful blog I have so many great recipes to experiment. <3

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:48 pm

        Thank you so much! It's hardly a match for your beautiful peach cobbler! The world of alternative flours is vast - there are still so many I've never used and am dying to try! They add so many flavors to baked goods!

        Reply
    12. Lauren @ Climbing Grier Mountain -

      August 03, 2016 at 6:26 am

      Um, this is a pleasant reminder that I really need to organize my freezer. sigh. I'm secretly hoping there are frozen peaches in there because this cobbler looks amazing!!

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:46 pm

        Hahaha - I just got a second freezer and am now refusing to deal with the TWO stuffed freezers I have. This might be part of my defrosting problem...

        Reply
    13. Abby @ Heart of a Baker -

      August 03, 2016 at 5:46 am

      I just picked up a bag of peaches last week with intentions of doing awesome things, but I forgot about them and now I have to use them STAT. This is happening ASAP! Also, your momma sounds lovely, peaches FTW.

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:46 pm

        Oooo - yes! Cobbler is the perfect use for almost too ripe peaches! I hope you loved it!

        Reply
    14. amanda paa -

      August 03, 2016 at 5:43 am

      ordering chestnut flour as soon as i get back from our trip this weekend. definitely worth turning the oven on for.

      and i loved reading this story, everything from your mom peeling those peaches, to accidentally thinking this was the tomato white bean stew.
      xo!

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:45 pm

        Yes! I hope you fall in love with chestnut flour just as much as I have!

        Reply
    15. Sherrie -

      August 02, 2016 at 8:23 pm

      Hi. Love this. LOVE YOU! xx

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:42 pm

        <3 <3 <3

        Reply
    16. todd wagner -

      August 02, 2016 at 4:20 pm

      Gahhhh, these photos are INSANE!! Can your mom bring some extra peaches next time so Audrey can bake this for me? Pretty please :)

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:22 pm

        Aww - thank you!! Sadly Mama's peaches are ALL GONE - that's terrible, right? Buuuuut - the peaches at the monterey market are off the hook right now, dude.

        Reply
    17. Karen @ The Food Charlatan -

      August 02, 2016 at 3:33 pm

      hahahaha I love that you pulled out the wrong thing to defrost. I'm always scared I'm going to do that. PS Eric said he was going to make this for me!!! WIN

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:21 pm

        YESSSS!!! Did he make it yet? If not, ask him what's he's waiting for - you're PREGNANT, he needs to step on it.

        Reply
    18. Carla -

      August 02, 2016 at 1:48 pm

      I'm totes with your momma. Bring on the paring knife! (And also the cobbler. Bring on the cobbler!)

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 02, 2016 at 4:42 pm

        Hahahaha - I forgot that you had this in common with my mom! You two were made to be besties.

        Reply
    19. Matt -

      August 02, 2016 at 9:35 am

      This with a big ol' scoop of vanilla ice cream? Heaven

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 08, 2016 at 11:21 pm

        You got that right:)

        Reply
    20. Veronica -

      August 01, 2016 at 11:31 pm

      Sarah your a girl after my own heart! I love peach cobbler! This looks wonderful!

      Reply
      • Sarah Menanix -

        August 02, 2016 at 1:00 am

        With a scoop of vanilla, nothing much compares!

        Reply

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