Cherry Apricot Cornmeal Cobbler Recipes

SWEET CHERRY AND APRICOT COBBLER

Steps:

• For the Buttermilk Biscuit Crust, place flour in a bowl and rub in 1 1/2 sticks of butter until fine and mealy. Do not allow to become pasty. Stir in 1 cup of the buttermilk, adding the remainder if necessary. Press dough together on a floured surface, wrap, and allow to rest while preparing filling.
• For the filling, combine the apricots and cherries in a bowl and toss with sugar. Pour into a buttered 2 1/2 to 3-quart gratin dish or other shallow baking dish. Dot with 3 tablespoons of butter and sprinkle evenly with the almond extract.
• Press the dough out on a floured surface until roughly the size of the baking dish. Lift dough onto filling and cut several vent holes in top. Brush with buttermilk and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake the cobbler at 450 degrees about 20 minutes, until crust is well colored and filling is bubbling. Cool slightly on a rack and serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

CHERRY AND APRICOT COBBLERS

Steps:

• For the dough, place flour in a bowl and rub in butter until fine and mealy. Do not allow
• to become pasty. Stir in the buttermilk, adding more, one tablespoon at a time, if necessary.
• Press dough together on a floured surface, wrap and allow to rest while preparing filling.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees and set a rack in the middle level. For filling combine apricots and cherries in a bowl and toss with sugar. Pour into a large gratin dish or 4 to 6 individual dishes. Dot with butter and sprinkle evenly with the almond extract.
• Divide the dough into the same number of pieces as the dishes. Press the dough out on a floured surface until roughly the size of the baking dish. Lift dough onto filling using a thin, flexible cookie sheet, and cut several vent holes in top. Brush with buttermilk and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake the cobblers about 20 minutes, until crust is well colored and filling is bubbling. Cool slightly
• on a rack and serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

CHERRY AND APRICOT COBBLER

Steps:

• For filling:
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Toss all ingredients in large bowl to blend. Transfer to 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Bake until filling is hot and begins to bubble at edges, about 35 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375°F.
• Meanwhile, prepare topping:
• Whisk flour, 1/2 cup sugar and next 3 ingredients in another large bowl to blend. Add butter; rub in with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Slowly add buttermilk and cream, tossing with fork until dough comes together.
• Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls over hot filling to cover. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar. Continue to bake cobbler until topping is golden and tester inserted into center of topping comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool 15 minutes. Serve cobbler warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

CHERRY APRICOT CORNMEAL COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Combine apricots and granulated sugar in small bowl.
• Combine cherries and 1 tablespoon flour in second bowl; set aside.
• Combine remaining 1 cup flour, cornmeal, cinnamon, salt, 1-1/2 tablespoons brown sugar and baking powder in large bowl. Cut in margarine until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Add milk; blend just until ingredients are evenly moistened.
• Place fruit in 1-1/2-quart baking dish; top with batter.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1 teaspoon brown sugar.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Let cool slightly before serving.

CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375° F.
• Make filling:
• In a large heavy saucepan whisk together sugar and cornstarch. Add fresh or frozen cherries, liqueur, vanilla, and allspice and bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally. Simmer mixture, stirring, 2 minutes and transfer to a shallow 2-quart baking dish.
• Make topping:
• Cut butter into pieces. In a bowl with a pastry blender or in a food processor blend or pulse together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, and butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. If using a food processor transfer mixture to a bowl. Add milk and vanilla and stir until mixture forms a dough.
• Drop topping by rounded tablespoons onto cherry filling (do not completely cover it) and bake in middle of oven 40 minutes, or until topping is golden and cooked through. Transfer cobbler to a rack to cool slightly.
• Serve cobbler warm with ice cream.

FRESH APRICOT COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Bring water, 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and nutmeg to a boil; stir until thickened, about 1 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and add apricots and 1 tablespoon butter. Simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes. Transfer mixture to a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Combine flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Cut 7 tablespoons butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles a coarse crumb. Stir milk into crumbles until topping is just moistened. Spoon topping over apricot mixture. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons sugar over topping.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes.

BLUEBERRY CORNMEAL COBBLER

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the blueberries, sugar, tapioca, lemon zest, cinnamon and nutmeg. Let stand for 15 minutes. Pour into a greased 11x7-in. baking dish., In a small bowl, beat 1/4 cup butter and confectioners' sugar. Add egg; beat well. Combine the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating just until combined. Pour over berry mixture. , Bake at 375° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes., In a small saucepan, melt remaining butter over low heat. Remove from the heat; stir in the syrup. Brush over cornbread. Broil 4-6 in. from the heat until bubbly, 1-2 minutes. Serve warm.