Black And Blueberry Cobbler

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, cut in bits
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest, grated
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice, mixed with
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 pints fresh blueberries (4 cups total)
• 2 pints fresh blackberries (4 cups total)
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch, mixed with
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 place oven rack in lower third of oven.
• 2 heat to 450 degrees f.
• 3 you'll need a 13x9-inch baking dish or a shallow 3-quart baking dish.
• 4 dough: whisk flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl until blended.
• 5 cut in butter with a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form.
• 6 refrigerate flour mixture and buttermilk separately until ready to top cobbler.
• 7 filling: mix sugar, zest and lemon juice mixture in a large deep skillet over high heat.
• 8 stir in 1 pint blueberries and cook, stirring, about 10 minutes until hot and bubbly.
• 9 stir in cornstarch mixture, bring to a boil and boil 1 minute or until thickened.
• 10 stir in remaining blueberries, blackberries and the vanilla.
• 11 spread in baking dish.
• 12 stir flour mixture and buttermilk with a fork until a biscuit-like dough forms.
• 13 drop eight 1/4-cupfuls, evenly spaced, over hot filling.
• 14 sprinkle biscuits with remaining 2 t sugar.
• 15 bake 15-20 minutes or until biscuits are golden and filling is bubbly.
• 16 cool in dish on a wire rack.
• 17 serve warm or at room temperature.