The Humpherys Family

ZZ? Blackberry Cobbler ADJUST? KEEP?

Recipe Added:  2/27/2012
6 cups fresh or frozen blackberries
1/2 cup + 4 Tbsp sugar
1 Tbsp lemon juice
zest of 1/2 lemon
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/4 cup shortning
4 Tbsp butter
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
Preheat oven to 425F. Combine blackberries, ½ cup sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a mixing bowl. Stir and spread out in a buttered dish. In a separate bowl pour flour, salt, baking powder, and 1 Tbsp sugar. Add shortening and butter and work mixture together with a pastry blender until the mixture is coarse. Measure ½ cup milk, add an egg, and mix together. Pour into flour mixture, stirring until blended. Mixture should be smooth and not dry, but not overly sticky. Take clumps of dough and place them on top of the blackberries. Lightly flatten dough with fingertips. Sprinkle with 2 to 3 Tbsp of sugar and bake until golden for 30 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
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