Right there for the pickin' |
That's a nice handful! |
Tricia had a simple recipe she used that an old college roommate gave her many years ago:
Melt 3/4 stick butter in glass 13x9x2 pan. Mix in 1cup flour, 3/4 cup sugar, pinch of salt, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 cup kefir or yogurt (or milk or cream), 1/2 cup fruit juice (i used pineapple juice). Add 2 1/2 cups dewberries (or any fruit) on top. Sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar if you like. bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Here is the result of that amalgamation of ingredients as it came out of the oven, piping hot:
Mmmmm! |
After supper, we got our bowls and spoons and lined up at the counter to serve up dessert.
Now we're talking! |
A close-up shot:
A sight to behold, I declare |
We were about finished with our first bowl when Tricia said, "I wish we had some homemade ice cream to go on top!" I went to the fridge and did the next best thing. I poured the very top (the rich cream) off a quart jar of Daisy's milk into my bowl. You can see the result below.
The world can be burning down around me and while I'm eating a warm bowl of dewberry cobbler, it almost appears that all is right with the world.
Fresh cream poured over warm Dewberry Cobbler |
With cobblers, what you see is what you get. There are no airs, no pretentiousness, no fancy garnishes like a fanned strawberry of even a sprig of mint. It's just an enjoyable dessert for the common man - a man who might have his name on a patch sewn above the pocket on his work shirt, or a man who "brown-bag's it" to lunch most days, or a man who drives an old pickup truck, or a woman who washes and re-uses her Zip Loc bags, or a woman who doesn't have a frilly, lace apron, but instead cooks in a robe or old tee shirt. You get the idea, right?
Well, here's the damage assessment after me, Tricia, and Benjamin tore up the dewberry cobbler:
Leaving a job half finished? |
So here's to the common man and Dewberry Cobbler!
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