Cobbler

Last week we went blackberry picking at Centennial Farms. My family loves eating fruit the way nature intended, but I enjoy cooking and baking so I decided I would make a cobbler with some of our berries. I had an old family recipe for cobbler, but I decided to surf the old internet to see what I could come up with. Most of the recipes were the same, only small tweaks were made here and there. I must have read 25 recipes! Alex loves to help me in the kitchen so he asked if he could please help make the cobbler, of course I said yes! So here is the cobbler Alex and I created last Friday afternoon!

Ingredients
3-4 cups of fresh blackberries
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 stick unsalted butter

1 tablespoon sugar

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the stick of unsalted butter in an oven safe dish (I used a 9x9 dish) and place it in the oven to melt as it heats up.

2. Place clean berries in a microwave safe dish. Add 3/4 cup of sugar and 2 tablespoons of butter to the top. Microwave for about 2-3 minutes or until the butter and sugar has started to melt. You'll need to stir this a bit to distribute the butter and sugar. It will probably look bubbly and thin, that is what you want!

3. In a bowl mix together 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder & 1/2 teaspoon salt until well blended. Pour in 1 cup of milk and mix well with spoon.

4. By now the butter should have melted in the dish. Carefully remove the dish from the oven. Pour the batter evenly over the butter, but do not mix. 

 5. Next, pour the blackberry mixture over the butter & batter, but do not mix! As it bakes the batter will rise to the top.  Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of sugar all over the top of the dessert.

6. Bake in the oven for about 50-55 minutes or until the batter appears golden. I think the cobbler is best served warm. Enjoy!!