Tennessee Peach Pudding Recipe

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The Tennessee Peach Pudding represents the traditional Southern dessert, which represents the pure sweetness of Southern culture. A golden cake-like topping encloses tender peach slices, which create a dish that becomes irresistibly gooey and buttery with its brown sugar sauce.

This dessert combines nostalgic comfort with summer peach presentation and maintains its taste when using canned peaches throughout the year. The dessert becomes a genuine home experience when you serve it warm with either vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

The Southern comfort food recipe delivers the most tender pudding experience because of its rich buttery texture and golden brown top.
The ingredients include easy-to-find pantry staples together with either fresh or canned peaches.
The traditional family recipe is passed down through generations of time.
This recipe creates sufficient portions for a large group when cooked in a 9×13 dish.
You can serve this dish warm or at room temperature, or store it in the refrigerator for later consumption.

Ingredients

For the Peach Filling:

4 cups fresh peaches peeled; and sliced (or canned peaches, drained well)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional)
½ cup milk
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Brown Sugar Sauce:

1 ½ cups brown sugar, packed
1 ½ cups boiling water
4 tablespoons unsalted butter

Instructions

Step 1: Prepare the Peaches

1. Fresh peaches require peeling before you slice them, while canned peaches need proper draining.

2. Set aside while preparing the batter.

Step 2: Make the Batter

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).

2. A large mixing bowl; needs to combine flour with sugar and baking powder and salt and cinnamon, and nutmeg.

3. The mixture needs milk and melted butter, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth.

4. Gently fold in the peaches.

Step 3: Spread in Baking Dish

1. The 9×13-inch baking dish needs to be prepared by applying butter or cooking spray for greasing.

2. The peach batter needs to be spread evenly throughout the dish.

Step 4: Prepare the Brown Sugar Sauce

1. A small saucepan contains boiling water combined with brown sugar and butter.

2. The mixture requires stirring until both sugar dissolves completely and the butter becomes fully melted.

3. Pour this sauce mixture carefully over the peach filling in the baking dish without stirring because it will form a rich caramel sauce during the baking process.

Step 5: Bake

1. The dish should be placed in the preheated oven for 45–50 minutes until it reaches golden brown and starts bubbling.

2. The surface turns into cake while the base stays gooey like pudding.

Step 6: Serve

The pudding should relax its temperature before you start serving.
The dessert tastes best when served warm and paired with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Tips & Tricks

The best flavor results from using ripe peaches, but canned or frozen peaches (after thawing and draining) work successfully too.
Avoid stirring the sauce mixture because it should not be disturbed. The pudding develops its deep caramel flavor when you allow the liquid to penetrate through the batter.
You can skip nutmeg if you prefer to experience a pure peach flavor, although it adds warmth to the dish.
The pudding maintains its quality after preparation since it heats up perfectly in both the oven and microwave.