Fruit Cobbler

Ingredients

For the fruit mixture

• 8 cups fresh fruit: blueberries, sliced peaches, diced rhubarb, and/or raspberries
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 2 tsp grated lemon zest
• 0.25 cups flour

For the topping (dough)

• 0.5 cups sugar
• 1.75 cups flour
• 2 tbsp baking powder
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 8 tbsp butter
• 1 egg plus 1 yolk
• An extra 2 tbsp sugar (for the topping)

Instructions

1. Toss together lightly the fruit mixture.
2. Pour into a 3-quart buttered baking dish.
3. Place the dry ingredients for the dough in a bowl.
4. Blend in the butter with your fingers until mixture is coarse and crumbly, like corn meal.
5. Add the eggs, lightly beaten, and blend with fingers until the dough holds together.
6. Sprinkle dough over fruit.
7. Sprinkle 2 tbsp sugar over dough.
8. Bake 35 minutes at 375 F.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or both.

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