I baked something today, and if you’ve read some of my other posts you know I’m not big on baking…but if I know I’ve got a recipe that can’t fail, I will bake.  This fruit cobbler is one of those recipes.  I’ve been making this for years, the recipe also came out of The Woods…if you want some background on what “The Woods” is, you can read about it here.  The Svoboda’s lived a few houses down from us, Sally and my mom were good friends…and Mickey and I were good friends.  He was my only guy friend at the time so he must have been pretty cool.  Anyway, my mom got this recipe from Sally and Sally got it from her grandmother, Mae Ridnour.

Let me just say, if Pinterest had existed in the early 1900’s Mae would have been an internet sensation with this recipe alone.  It has all the makings of a star dish…it’s the most delicious cobbler I’ve ever had, it’s so simple to make, it’s low fat, and it has a twist that you will never see coming…see, now you’re hooked.

As always, this dish is easy peasy lemon squeezy.  I was even able to make the cobbler while a two year old was glued to my left leg screaming the whole time.  He was fine, that little angel baby just gets angry when he’s not the center of the universe 24 hours a day.

Ok, enough talking…here’s the recipe…

Fruit Mixture
3 cups fresh fruit (you can use peaches, blueberries, or apples depending on the season)
1/2 cup sugar

Batter
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup skim milk
2 tbsp. melted butter
2 cups water

Start by pre-heating your oven to 425° F and then begin boiling about 3 cups of water on the stove.

Now put your fruit in a large bowl…I used blueberries today.

Now combine all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl (flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon).

Measure out 1 cup of skim milk in a liquid measuring cup…