Blackberry Cobbler with Sweet, Tender Biscuits


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Ingredients

For the Blackberry Mixture:
4 cups berries, rinsed and drained
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch (or tapioca if you prefer)
For the Sweet Cobbler Biscuit Topping:
2 cups all-purpose flour
10 tablespoons sugar (taste to get to the sweetness you prefer)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 beaten eggs
extra sugar to sprinkle on top

Preparation

1
In a large mixing bowl, gently blend the blackberries with sugar and cornstarch/tapioca.
2
In another large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
3
Cut the butter into the flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
4
In a separate bowl, combine heavy cream with the beaten eggs.
5
Add the cream-egg mixture to the flour-butter mixture.
6
Stir just to moisten; do not over stir.
7
Pour berry mixture into a baking dish.
8
Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes to get the berries partially cooked and thickened.
9
This prevents the biscuits from absorbing the juice before they're fully baked.
10
Remove the hot berries from the oven and spoon cobbler biscuits on top in nice-sized mounds.
11
Sprinkle the biscuits liberally with sugar.
12
Turn the oven temperature down to 375 degrees and bake for another 20 - 30 minutes on the lowest rack to prevent the biscuit topping from burning.
13
You want the biscuits to cook completely and slowly, so check on this when you pull out the cobbler. If the bottoms of the biscuits are not cooked enough, place it back in the oven to cook for another 10 minutes and check again.
14
Also note that the juices will continue to thicken up by the next day.
15
Serve with your favorite ice cream!

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Our favorite cobbler topping that does NOT contain any shortening which ultimately produces a more soft, delicate cobbler w/o the shortening.

Tags:

fresh fruit
crisp
Summer
Dessert
pie
Fruit
cobbler
berry
al fresco
picnic
berries
blackberry

Yield:

10

Added:

June 24, 2011

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