Saturday, August 24, 2019

Fruit Cobbler


Cobbler

Ingredients:
1/2 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch kosher salt
8 tablespoons (4 oz., 1 stick) unsalted butter, 

   softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons corn starch
2 pints fresh blueberries (or raspberries, 
   blackberries, cherries, or a mix.)
   For fresh Blueberries, add freshly ground nutmeg.
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice



Directions:
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside.

In a medium bowl with a wooden spoon, beat the butter with ½ cup of the sugar until well combined. Beat in the egg yolk and vanilla. Add the flour mixture and stir until well combined. Refrigerate the dough while preheating the oven to 375 degrees.

In another medium bowl, combine the remaining ½ cup sugar and the cornstarch. Add the berries and toss to gently coat.

Put the berries into an 8-inch square (or any shape) baking dish. Sprinkle the lemon juice over the berries. Drop the dough by heaping tablespoons over the berries, flattening the drops out so that they will bake through evenly.. These drops need not connect.

Bake until the berries are bubbling and the topping is golden brown, about 40 minutes. Let cool a bit 
before serving. Especially good at the end of a long day with vanilla ice cream.


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