Best 2 Sweet Cherry Cobbler Recipes

SWEET DARK CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Combine 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon in a large saucepan; stir in water until mixture is smooth. Add cherries and butter to sugar mixture and bring to a boil; cook and stir until cherry mixture is thickened, about 2 minutes. Pour cherry filling into the prepared baking dish.
• Mix flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; cut in shortening using a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir milk into flour mixture until topping is just moistened. Drop topping by spoonfuls over cherry filling; sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons sugar over topping.
• Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes.

SWEET CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
• Make filling:
• Cook all filling ingredients with a pinch of salt in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar begins to dissolve, about 3 minutes. Spoon filling into a 9-inch ceramic or glass pie plate (1 inch deep).
• Make topping and bake cobbler:
• Whisk together flour, 2 teaspoons sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in buttermilk with a fork until just combined (do not overmix). Drop dough in 4 mounds over filling, leaving space between mounds. Sprinkle topping with remaining teaspoon sugar.
• Bake until topping is golden brown and fruit is bubbling, about 25 minutes. Cool slightly and serve warm.