Blackberry Cobbler ...

[Jessica]

This is by far my favorite Spring/Summer dessert. So, I wanted to share my recipe (my mom's, actually ;-)) because it's no-fail, very easy & absolutely delicious. Of course, you could substitute other fruits like raspberries, cherries, peaches - but I don't recommend strawberries. They basically just disintegrate.

Here goes ... hope you try it!

This is for a 9x9 or 8x8 square pan - I almost double the recipe for a longer baking dish.

Preheat oven to 350.

Put as many blackberries as you'd like in the bottom of your pan - at least enough to cover the bottom & then some.

Batter - mix the following:
1 stick butter (softened)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. vanilla

Spread mixture on top of blackberries.

Glaze - combine the following:
1/2 cup warm/hot water
1/2 cup sugar

Gently pour over top of batter.

Bake for 50-60 minutes ... until golden brown. :9 Smells so yummy & Summer-y while cooking. :hi:

[Stinky The Clown]

1. So perfectly delish ... and so perfectly Southern

I used to live in both Carolinas and in Tennessee. Blackberry (cherry, peach, bluberry, etc.) cobbler was a staple, and nearly a food group.

This looks wonderful!

[Jessica]

6. Serve it up

with some Bryers Vanilla Bean ice cream ... nothing better!

[Lars39]

2. I like to combine blackberries and peache in a cobbler.

Pretty effect, and good, too. :)
I just use a lazy-day cobbler recipe,though.

[Jessica]

5. Mmmm ... that sounds great.

I'll have to try it. Do you use fresh peaches ... & if so, do you wait till they're a little soft? I've never baked w/ them before.

BTW, I made the above recipe just now & it's smelling great. The market also had some fresh red raspberries & I though it would be great to combine them w/ blackberries sometime, too.

Thanks for the tip ... :hi:

[Lars39]

8. I haven't made it with fresh peaches before.

Seems like a softer peach would cook up a little better/faster.
Here's to experimentation! :toast: :9

[Nicole]

3. One of my favorites

[wildeyed]

4. Cobblers are great.

I almost never bake pies because cobblers are just as good and about half the work.

Isn't it rubarb season? Rubarb cobbler anyone? Mmmmmmm........ :9

[Stinky The Clown]

7. Strawberries and Rubarb were featured in a front door display at the

local Safeway this week .... yup ... its the season!

[wildeyed]

10. rhubarb/strawberry cobbler

http://www.donogh.com/cooking/rhubarb/cobbler.shtml

Will check rhubarb avaiability next time I am at the grocery.

[SW FL Dem]

9. I made it tonight

and got rave reviews. Hubby used to say that if it wasn't chocolate, it wasn't desert. He changed his mind tonight. :)

[Jessica]

11. Great!

I made it for a picnic on Saturday ... none left to bring home. :-( I'm glad you & your husband enjoyed it! :hi: