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How to Make Huckleberry Cobbler
Why should we learn how to make huckleberry cobbler? Because it is delicious!
A cobbler is a baked dish consisting of fruit and a crust. The cobbler is not a pie because the crust is usually just baked on top of the fruit filling. Cobblers are popular in the United Kingdom and the United States. There are many, many different recipes for cobblers.
Some of my favorite cobblers include Peach Cobbler, Apple Cobbler, Mixed Berry Cobbler, and Blueberry Cobbler. I have tasted many more but those are among my favorite types of cobblers.
If you were to ask me to describe the difference between a cobbler and a pie, I would say that a cobbler is something you scoop together without worrying about "shape". You have more filling with the cobbler and the texture of the crust is different. A pie has crust on both top and bottom, or the crust is just on the bottom, and the pie is supposed to maintain a shape as you eat it. Of course, if you don't let a pie cool properly it can easily fall apart as you eat it. We often chill our pies but cobblers are best when they are eaten hot.
Cobbler crust is also thicker than pie crust. You might use a batter crust, a bisquit crust, or a dumpling crust to make your cobbler. Pie crusts are usualy lighter and fluffier than cobbler crusts. Also, we often make pie crusts from graham crackers or nuts.
Here is an example huckleberry cobbler recipe you can try.
Recipe 1
Huckleberry Cobbler Filling
Butter, for greasing
4 cups huckleberries, fresh or frozen
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon lime juice
1 teaspoon lime zest
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped
Huckleberry Cobbler Topping
2 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
6 tablespoons butter
1 cup milk
1/3 cup finely chopped macadamia nuts
Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Cooking Directions
1. Make the filling: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease a 10-inch cast-iron skillet with butter. In a medium bowl, mix together the huckleberries, sugar, cornstarch, lime juice, lime zest, salt and vanilla seeds to coat. Let this mixture sit while you prepare the topping.
2. Make the topping: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Using your fingers, work the butter into the flour mixture until pea-size clumps form. Stir in the milk and macadamia nuts to form a dough.
3. Toss the huckleberry mixture again now that the sugar has started to pull out the juices of the berries. Transfer everything to the greased skillet and then spoon the dough evenly over the filling. Bake your cobbler until it is golden and bubbling, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream.