What classic Southern dessert is made with peaches and a sweet biscuit topping?

The classic Southern dessert made with peaches and a sweet biscuit topping is peach cobbler.

Peach cobbler combines sliced or stewed peaches with a topping made from biscuit dough, batter or dumplings, then bakes the mixture until the fruit is bubbling and the top is browned. In the American South, it is commonly served warm, often with vanilla ice cream.

Cobblers developed as practical alternatives to traditional pies. English settlers in North America adapted fruit desserts when they lacked the ingredients, equipment or time needed for suet puddings and elaborate pastry. The name may refer to the topping’s resemblance to a cobbled surface, although its exact origin is uncertain.

Peach cobbler is one of many fruit cobblers, so blueberry, cherry and apple cobbler are also legitimate desserts—but they do not answer this question. A cobbler is also different from a crisp or crumble: those usually feature a streusel-like topping, while a traditional cobbler uses a biscuit or leavened dough topping.