Cakey Blackberry Cobbler
By: Jenny Richards
Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 10:34pm

Ingredients




1 stick butter, salted
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
pinch salt

blackberries (amount can vary depending on how much crust you like)

sugar (optional)

Preparation

1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. 2 Toss the blackberries with sugar to sweeten them if they are too tart. Reserve. 3 Melt 1 stick of butter in the baking pan directly in the oven. 4 Combine the sugar, flour, baking powder, milk and salt quickly and pour into the baking pan with the melted butter. 5 Spoon the berries in clumps over the batter making islands of berries. 6 Bake 45 minutes and serve immediately.

About


This cobbler is from central Texas, and seems to be different from the crusty or crumbly-topped cobblers found elsewhere in the US. This is more like a buttery cake filled with blackberries. You can also use peaches for this recipe - they're perfect too. 
The crust tastes better if you let the butter brown a little bit. Salted butter gives it a nice flavor on the crust, but if you don’t use salted butter, it’s no major loss.