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PEGGY’S TASTY COBBLER  
Excerpt from From Old to Gold: How to Start and Run an Antiques Business:  
I’ve always loved antiques. I get attached to old things very easily, be it an old  
quilt that was lovingly sewed by hand, each stitch tiny and even on the various scraps of  
fabric, or the old toy truck I found as a teenager at a farm auction. And yes, the rust just  
makes it better.  
I decided as an adult to share my love of antiques with others by finding and  
selling these objects that others love so much too. These treasures remind us of our own  
past, and of a time when things seemed a little simpler. A quieter time. This idea, of a  
time when people moved a little slower and savored the small things, led me to write this  
book. In today’s rushed world, having a hobby that you love that you can develop into a  
fun business is exciting!  
Peggy’s Tasty Cobbler  
Ingredients:  
Pastry:  
1
-1/2 cups flour  
tsp sugar  
1
½
½
5
tsp salt  
cup shortening  
to 6 T ice water  
Fruit Filling:  
2 cups of fruit—Use any combination of the following fruits to make a cobbler uniquely  
1
your own... just be sure to use 12 cups of fruit: Granny Smith apples, sliced and cored;  
Bartlett pears, sliced and cored; whole fresh or frozen blueberries, raspberries, or  
blackberries; fresh or frozen rhubarb, chopped into 1-inch pieces  
3
1
3
3
½
cups sugar  
cup flour  
T lemon juice  
T butter  
cup pecans (if desired)  
Instructions:  
Preheat oven to 350° F. For the pastry, combine flour, sugar, and salt in medium bowl.  
Cut shortening into dry mixture until crumbly. Add 1 T of ice water at a time, mixing  
with a fork or pastry mixer until pastry forms a ball. Roll out pastry on lightly floured  
surface to 13 by 12-inch rectangle, about 1/8-inch thick. Cut pastry into desired shapes  
th  
(
Christmas trees for a festive holiday cobbler, stars to celebrate the 4 of July, you get the  
idea… have fun with it). Set pastry aside.  
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