Sweet Dark Cherry Cobbler Food

SWEET DARK CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Combine 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a large saucepan; stir in water until mixture is smooth. Add cherries and butter to sugar mixture and bring to a boil; cook and stir until cherry mixture is thickened, about 2 minutes. Pour cherry filling into the prepared baking dish.
• Mix flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; cut in shortening using a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir milk into flour mixture until topping is just moistened. Drop topping by spoonfuls over cherry filling; sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons sugar over topping.
• Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes.

OLD-FASHIONED BLACK CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• In mixing bowl, combine cherries, flour and sugar; toss to coat evenly.
• Place in 8" square pan and bake for 25-30 minutes until bubbly.
• Meanwhile, sift flour into bowl; add baking powder, soda, and salt; and cut in chilled butter with pastry blender or 2 knives. When pea-sized texture, add buttermilk -all at once- stir just to blend.
• DO NOT OVERMIX; dough will be tough.
• When cherries are finished baking, remove from oven, drop dough by large spoonsful over cherries, and sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar.
• Return to oven for 25-30 minutes or until topping is done and golden brown.
• Serve hot or cool with whipped cream.

CHERRY COBBLER (FROZEN CHERRIES)

Steps:

• Set oven to 400 degrees (oven rack to second-lowest position).
• Butter a 9-inch glass baking dish.
• To make filling: cook all the filling ingredients in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar begins to dissolve (about 3-4 minutes).
• Spoon the filling into prepared baking dish.
• To make the topping: in a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• Blend in the cold butter using your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Stir in buttermilk with a fork JUST until combined (do not overmix!).
• Drop the dough in mounds over the filling, leaving space between the mounds.
• Lightly sprinkle sugar over the dough.
• Bake for about 25-30 minutes, or until the topping id golden brown and the fruit is bubbling.
• Cool slightly and serve warm.

SWEET CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
• Make filling:
• Cook all filling ingredients with a pinch of salt in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar begins to dissolve, about 3 minutes. Spoon filling into a 9-inch ceramic or glass pie plate (1 inch deep).
• Make topping and bake cobbler:
• Whisk together flour, 2 teaspoons sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in buttermilk with a fork until just combined (do not overmix). Drop dough in 4 mounds over filling, leaving space between mounds. Sprinkle topping with remaining teaspoon sugar.
• Bake until topping is golden brown and fruit is bubbling, about 25 minutes. Cool slightly and serve warm.