There is something about cherries that reminds me of things old-fashioned. Grandma in the kitchen wearing her house dress, her apron in place. A measuring cup covered with a dusting of all-purpose flour, and a pot of something aromatic simmering on the stove. Her ladle and wooden spoon resting nearby on the holder.
This weekend get in the kitchen, put on some relaxing music, and bake this with your kids or significant other. May 16th is National Cherry Cobbler Day so buy these ingredients and try something new … I mean old!
Old-Fashioned Cherry Cobbler
Interior Ingredients:
5 cups pitted tart red cherries (canned)
1/3 cup sugar
13 cup brown sugar (packed)
2 Tbsp and 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp ground cinnamon
14 tsp ground nutmeg
2 Tbsp and 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
Topping Ingredients
1 cup all purpose flour
1 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp unsalted butter (chilled)
1/3 to 1/2 cup milk (chilled, enough to moisten dough)
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Instructions: Preheat oven to 450º
1) Drain cherries but reserve only 1 1/4 cups juice, set aside
2) Measure dry ingredients into a large saucepan
3) Stir in lemon juice and reserved cherry juice, until smooth
4) Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for two minutes or until thick and bubbly
5) Add cherries, stir and remove from heat
6) Pour mixture into a non-greased 9″ square baking dish/pan
7) Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into mixing bowl and stir
Cut-in butter until crumbly
9) Stir in milk, just enough to moisten the topping
10) Drop tablespoon portions of the mixture over cherries
11) Bake in hot oven 10 to 13 minutes or until golden brown
12) Remove from oven and allow to cool down for at least fifteen minutes
13) Serve with freshly whipped and slightly sweetened heavy cream
Tags: cherry cobbler, national cherry cobbler day, old fashioned recipes, souffle au fromage