Recipe: Summer Blueberry Cobbler

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Today’s recipe is from Debbie Moose’s Buttermilk. Moose is an award-winning food writer and author of five cookbooks, including Deviled Eggs: 50 Recipes from Simple to Sassy and Potato Salad: 65 Recipes from Classic to Cool, as well as another Savor the South^® volume: Southern Holidays. You can follow her on Twitter @DebbieMoose. Her recipe for Summer Blueberry Cobbler is as delicious as it is easy!

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Summer Blueberry Cobbler

There’s nothing wrong with fancy cobblers topped by sweet biscuits. But when the blueberries are in season at the farmers’ market, I want to get them into a dessert and onto my table as quickly as I can. This is the easiest cobbler ever. My mother and grandmother made it with “sweet milk,” but buttermilk gives the cake part of the cobbler extra richness.

Cuisine: dessert

Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 6 tbsps. unsalted butter
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsps. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups fresh blueberries or frozen, thawed, and drained

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 375°. Place the butter in an 8 × 8-inch baking dish and put it in the oven until the butter is melted. Do not allow the butter to burn.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add the buttermilk, egg, and vanilla. Stir until the batter is smooth.
• Pour the batter into the baking dish, over the melted butter. Spoon the blueberries evenly over the batter. Bake for 30–40 minutes, or until golden brown.

Notes

From BUTTERMILK: a Savor the South^® cookbook by Debbie Moose. Copyright © 2012 by Debbie Moose.