Enough Of One

What do you do when you don’t have enough fruit to make a full batch of cobbler? My take on the dilemma solved the problem but created a second issue.

When making cobbler, I use two pans because the recipe that I like is more than one dish can hold, and the second dish has a snap on lid, so I stash that one away in the freezer for a last minute pot-luck, unexpected guests or an easy dessert after a long day of work.

When I went to make the cobbler on this day I did not have enough peaches to fulfill the recipe. I filled half of the order with fresh picked blackberries that are beginning to ripen on the row by the river (but one could use frozen berries as well). I should have run the peaches and berries in rows or running the fruit in the other direction in the pan because now the problem is how one gets a proper taste of both flavors without digging a slice from each side. Or I could have mixed the fruit together but that did not occur to me when I was mixing it up. Such small worries over one dessert.

For those who would like the recipe, this cobbler is the simplest, fastest, and most versatile I have ever come across. Warning- this is NOT low calorie, low fat, or healthy at all, but it sure tastes good.

One Fruit Cobbler

1 stick of butter

1 cup of milk

1 cup of sugar (sometimes I exchange some of the sugar with brown sugar but not more than half and half)

1 cup of flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

dash of salt

1 quart of fruit

Melt butter in baking pan, since I use two different sizes of pan I segment the butter with one third to the small dish and two thirds for the large dish. No need to measure, approximating the volume is fine.

Mix the rest of the ingredients except fruit into a bowl and mix with a fork until flour is incorporated. Mixture can be lumpy. Pour over the top of the melted butter. No need to measure if using two pans on this either.

Cover batter with fruit, do not mix into the batter.

Bake 350 degrees for 1 hour or until center springs back when touched.

For those who like a crumble topping-Mix 1 cup of rolled oats, with a drizzle of butter and a dash of cinnamon, then sprinkle over the top of the fruit. I have been known to add chopped nuts, vanilla extract or chopped up, dried cranberries into the crumble topping for a change of pace.