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Southern Cherry Cobbler

Teresa Ambra
This amazing cobbler includes fresh cherries, almond extract and a delicious biscuit-type topping sprinkled with sugar before baking. It's a terrific summer dessert when fresh cherries are in season.
3.84 from 25 votes
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Southern
Servings 15
Calories 354 kcal

Ingredients
  

CHERRY FILLING:

  • 8 cups cherries pitted, halved
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. almond extract
  • 2 tsp. cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/4 cup white sugar

TOPPING:

  • 2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. sea salt
  • 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter cold (3/4 cup or 12-tbsp.)
  • 1/2 cup boiling water

SUGAR TOPPING:

  • 3 tbsp. white sugar

Instructions
 

CHERRY FILLING:

  • Preheat oven to 400°.
  • Halve cherries and pit.
  • Place in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add sugars, corn starch, lemon juice and almond extract and stir to combine.
  • Spray a 9x13” glass baking dish with cooking spray.
  • Pour cherry mixture into prepared baking dish.
  • Bake for 10 minutes.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Meanwhile, prepare topping.
  • Dollop topping over top of hot cherries.
  • Sprinkle with Sugar Topping.
  • Bake an additional 30-40 minutes or until cherries are cooked through when tested with a fork, and topping is golden brown.

TOPPING:

  • Mix flour, sugars, baking powder and salt with a wooden spoon until well combined.
  • Cut in butter with a pastry blender until coarse crumbs form.
  • Add boiling water and stir just until moistened.
  • (This mixture is very moist. It is not like a crumb topping).
  • Dollop topping over top of hot cherry mixture.
  • Sprinkle with Sugar Topping.
  • Bake at 400° an additional 30-40 minutes or until done.

SUGAR TOPPING:

  • Sprinkle sugar topping evenly over regular topping before baking.

Notes

NOTE: A cherry pitter will cut down your preparation time considerably.
NOTE: If you want to amp up the flavors even more, you can add a teaspoon of almond extract to the topping ingredients as well.
Cherries provided courtesy of Northwest Cherry Growers.
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Nutrition

Calories: 354kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 2gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.04gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 48mgSodium: 195mgPotassium: 254mgFiber: 2gSugar: 33gVitamin A: 700IUVitamin C: 7.4mgCalcium: 70mgIron: 0.7mg
Keyword cherries, cherry dessert, cobbler, dessert
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