Creeping Crust Cobbler

[e-mail]'s Note:

It's called Creeping Crust because the CRUST WILL RISE TO THE TOP AND CREEP OVER THE FRUIT. My family loves cobblers and this recipes adapts to any fruit and is the best I've made or eatten. Serve warm or cold and don't forget the ice cream.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup flour (all purpose)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups fresh fruit or 2 cups fruit filling

Directions:

1. Melt BUTTER in 10 inch baking dish and set aside.
2. Mix FLOUR, SUGAR, BAKING POWDER together in bowl.
3. Add MILK to flour mixture and GENTLY STIR BY HAND until all flour is wet. DO NOT OVER MIX DOUGH - overmixing makes the crust tough.
4. Evenly Spoon DOUGH over the butter in your baking dish (do not mix or blend, just let the butter go where it wants to go).
5. Place FRUIT over dough. - You can always use more or less fruit.
6. BAKE at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes depending on your oven.
7. CRUST WILL RISE TO THE TOP AND CREEP OVER THE FRUIT.

Reviews

[Chef #175333]

Loved this and so did my in-laws ;) I used some left over caned blueberry and it was great

[CarrolJ]

I don't know what happened to my previous review...but let's try this again. This was very tasty. However my crust didn't creep over the fruit only an inch or two...which was a bit of a disappointment. The crust is very good and nicely sweet but I think I would add some sugar and maybe some cinnamon to the fruit next time. I added fresh sliced apples and they needed something. I was concerned about that when I put the recipe together but wanted to follow the recipe exactly. Mine wasn't very brown on top either...so perhaps my granddaughter didn't leave it in the oven long enough. That may explain the lack of creeping also. Made for PAC Fall 2011.

[CJAY]

I used a quart of homemade apple pie filling to make this. I had to cook it 20 minutes longer but it turned very pretty and it tastes great. I topped it with whipped topping. Thanks for sharing. Made for PAC Fall 2011.