Annie’s Blackberry Cobbler

As promised in yesterday’s post, today I am sharing my blackberry cobbler recipe with y’all.

This is another of those go-to recipes that are great for potlucks, dinner parties, delivered meals, or as a bargaining chip when you would really like to have your garden tilled by your very busy husband.

Annie’s Blackberry Cobbler

Melt 1 stick of butter. I do this by placing it in a bowl and popping it in the microwave. It is easy and fast. However, as we learned from the cornbread recipe, make sure to rinse the bowl with water first so that the butter will just pour right on out. What is that? You didn’t read the cornbread recipe? Well then, take a minute to do so, then come on back and continue on with THIS recipe. Go ahead…we will wait……There. Now you are all caught up. Don’t you feel like one of the cool kids now? ;)

In a different bowl, mix:

 2/3 cup raw sugar OR 1 cup white sugar (again, this was addressed in the earlier recipe. If you didn’t read it, you really should….)

1 cup flour

2 tsp baking powder (make sure your baking powder is in date. I was having an awful time with my cobbler. It was not fluffing up AT ALL. It still was yummy, but it sort of looked like it had gotten run over by elephants. I then replaced my baking powder, and it was heavenly puffiness from there on out.)

1 cup of milk

After you have mixed the above ingredients thoroughly, whisk in the butter.

Find your prettiest baking dish, (you know, the one that you save for company) grease it (I like to use the inside of the now-empty butter wrapper,) and pour the mixture in. As a side note, WHY exactly ARE we saving our prettiest dishware for company? I say USE IT! YOU are WORTH IT!

Rinse 2 cups of blackberries (or any berries for that matter. One time I made a blue berry and blackberry cobbler. It was fabulous.)

Sprinkle the blackberries over the mixture, trying to make sure they are distributed evenly. It’s ok if you pop a few in your mouth. Think of it as your tip.

Shake 1/8 cup of raw or ¼ cup of white sugar over the top of the yumminess you just assembled.

Pop it in the oven at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

Take it out of the oven for two shakes of a lamb’s tail. Sprinkle 1 Tbsp of raw sugar or 2 Tbsp of white sugar across top. Pop it back into the oven for 10 more minutes. The final sugar will crisp up the crust. Trust me. You will love it.

Take it out of the oven and let it set at least 10 minutes. This will give it time to set up. You will know it is time for it to come out of the oven when the edges turn a splendid golden brown.

You can serve it with ice cream or on its own. Seeing as I believe ice cream to be its own food group, I vote ice cream for everyone!

As your troops delight in the goodness of a home baked dessert, take a moment and be proud of yourself. You did it. YOU made it. There was no Duncan, Betty, or Sara in your kitchen. Just YOU. And THAT my lovelies, brings a level of satisfaction that is truly fabulous.

~Annie