Fruit Cobblers For Two Recipes

APPLE COBBLER FOR TWO

Steps:

• For the filling: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss the apples with 2 heaping tablespoons of the sugar, the flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add the butter, and toss. Divide the filling between two 6-ounce, 3 1/2-inch ramekins, tent each loosely with foil and bake until the apples are tender and the juice is bubbling, about 35 minutes. Remove the ramekins from the oven, remove the foil, give the apples barely a stir with a fork and press the top into the juices.
• For the topping: Whisk together the flour, the baking powder, salt and 1 teaspoon of the sugar in a small bowl. Quickly stir in the heavy cream, then work the dough with your fingers as if you were working butter into pie dough, to make moist, slightly flattened chunks of dough.
• Top each ramekin with dough, dividing evenly. Sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon of the remaining sugar, and bake until the topping is browned and crisp, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool slightly, top with ice cream and serve.

PEACH COBBLER FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, cornstarch and water until smooth. Add peaches; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low; stir in butter and lemon juice. , For topping, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Stir in milk, butter and orange zest. Transfer hot peach mixture to an ungreased 2-cup baking dish. spoon topping over peaches. Bake, uncovered, at 400° until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

FRESH FRUIT COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Arrange fruit evenly in the bottom of a 13-in. x 9-in. greased baking dish. , In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk. Spoon over fruit. Combine sugar and cornstarch; sprinkle over batter. Pour water over all. Bake until fruit is tender and topping is golden, 40-45 minutes.

EASY BATTER FRUIT COBBLER

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position, and heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Put butter in an 8-inch square or 9-inch round pan; set in oven to melt. When butter has melted, remove pan from oven.
• Whisk flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Add milk; whisk to form a smooth batter. Pour batter into pan, then scatter fruit over batter. Sprinkle with remaining 1 Tb. of sugar.
• Bake until batter browns and fruit bubbles, 50 to 60 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature with a dollop of whipped cream or a small scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired.

FRUIT COBBLERS FOR TWO

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Divide pie filling between 2 ungreased 10-ounce custard cups.
• Stir remaining ingredients until soft dough forms. Spoon half of dough onto pie filling in each custard cup. Sprinkle with additional sugar if desired.
• Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until topping is light brown.

FRUIT COBBLER (FOR 2)

Steps:

• Combine blueberries, sugar and first amount of water in small saucepan.
• Heat, stirring often, until mixture simmers.
• Simmer for 2 or 3 minutes until berries are cooked.
• Mix cornstarch into second amount of water and stir into simmering berries.
• Stir until thickened a bit.
• Turn into ungreased 3 cup or 1 quart casserole.
• Keep warm.
• Topping: Measure first 4 ingredients into bowl.
• Stir.
• Add cooking oil, milk and vanilla.
• Stir.
• Drop in 4 mounds over top of berries.
• Bake, uncovered in 400f degree oven for about 20 minutes.
• Recipe can easily be doubled.

FRUIT COBBLER WITH ANY FRUIT

Steps:

• Place a piece of parchment paper on a small rimmed baking sheet or large plate.
• In a food processor, pulse together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Pulse in butter just until mixture looks like small pebbles. Drizzle in buttermilk and cream, and pulse just to combine.
• Transfer to a lightly floured surface and pat dough together, incorporating any stray or dry pieces. Using a spoon, scoop off 2-inch pieces of dough and roll into balls (you should end up with about 10). Transfer dough to baking sheet or plate and flatten balls to 3/4-inch thick; wrap with plastic and chill for at least 20 minutes, and up to 8 hours.
• Meanwhile, heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, toss together fruit, sugar to taste, and tapioca. Let sit for 20 minutes to hydrate tapioca, then scrape into a 2 1/2-quart gratin dish or 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
• Top with biscuits, then brush biscuit tops with remaining 1 tablespoon cream. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar, and bake until dark golden on top and fruit is bubbling in the middle, about 1 hour, rotating halfway through. Let cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.

BERRY COBBLER FOR TWO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Two 7 oz up to 1 c capacity ramekins.
• For the filling, toss all ingredients together and split between the two ramekins.
• For the topping mix flour and brown sugar in a bowl. Add butter, cut into small pieces, and toss to coat. Mix with fingers until crumbly. Mix in the oats and the nuts. Divide evenly over the berries. Gently press to make sure none of the topping slides off.
• Place both ramekins on a baking sheet. Place in the preheated oven and bake about 20 minutes or until top is golden and crisp.
• Let sit for 15 minutes to cool.
• Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

FRUIT COBBLER

Steps:

• Melt butter or margarine in a 9 x 13 inch pan. Set aside to cool.
• Stir together flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Mix in milk and vanilla. Pour batter over melted butter. DO NOT MIX OR STIR. Spoon fruit with juice over the batter. DO NOT MIX OR STIR.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 minutes.