Saturday, June 9, 2012

Cherry Cobbler


Cherry cobbler is a classic American fruit dessert made with cherries and a thick upper crust. This deep dish pie is especially popular during the summer months, when cherries are in season. As the cobbler cooks, the topping browns and develops a slightly bubbly appearance, and the fruit juices often squeeze up through the cracks in the topping and caramelize, creating sweet, rich syrup.

Ingredients
3 1/2 cups fresh cherries, pitted

For Dough
3 tbsp butter, melted        
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt                    
1 tsp baking powder        
1/2 cup milk                                    
3/4 cup white sugar                        

For Topping
1 tbsp cornstarch            
1 cup boiling water                    
3/4 cup white sugar
Pinch of cinnamon                   

Method
For Dough
Mix 3/4 cup sugar, butter or margarine, flour, salt, baking powder, and milk together. Keep aside.

For Topping
In a small bowl, mix 3/4 cup sugar and cornstarch.
Stir in boiling water. Keep aside.

How To Proceed
Place cherries in the bottom of a 9 inch square pan. (I used Rectangular).
Spread dough over cherries.
Pour topping mixture over the dough.
Sprinkle cinnamon on top.
Bake at 175 ˚C for 45 minutes or till the top turns golden.
Serve warm with vanilla ice-cream.

Tips
* Dough should have the consistency of a thick batter (means its not thick like a typical dough).
* You can put the dough in a piping bag and decorate on cherries instead of just pouring it.
* Original recipe had 1 cup of sugar in dough, but I found it little too sweet so it's up-to you, how sweet you want your cobbler :)
* For variety, replace the cherries with blueberries, peaches, or apples OR best mix them all up n use. Like I made it here :)




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