Basic Cobbler Recipe

By MaryEllen

In the second edition of his landmark cookbook How To Cook Everything(Wiley), Mark Bittman shares this blueberry cobbler recipe, which is easy to adapt to just about any fruit.

Ingredients

• 4 to 6 cups blueberries or other fruit, washed and well dried, peeled and sliced as necessary
• 1 cup sugar, or to taste, divided
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into bits, plus some for the pan
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Details

Servings 6
Adapted from newsobserver.com

Preparation

Step 1

HEAT the oven to 375 degrees. Toss the fruit with half the sugar and spread it in a lightly buttered 8-inch square or 9-inch round baking pan.
COMBINE the flour, baking powder, salt and remaining 1/2 cup sugar in a food processor and pulse once or twice. Add the butter and process for 10 seconds, until the mixture is well blended. By hand, beat in the egg and vanilla. Drop this mixture onto the fruit by the spoonful; do not spread it out.
BAKE until golden yellow and just starting to brown, 35 to 45 minutes. Serve immediately.
Servings Yield: 6 to 8 servings