Blueberry Cobbler

It's blueberry season in Georgia.  Woohoo!!!  I have 2 blueberry bushes in my yard and they actually yield quite a few berries but I've after five years, I've finally surrendered my right to the tiny, ripe fruit to the birds.  Literally.  I got tired of trying to compete with the birds for the berries and I resolved myself to the fact that they needed the nourishment more than I.  It took a couple of years, but I now actually enjoy watching the birds come to feast on the sweet superfood.  

Since the blueberries in my yard have been turned over the birds, I head to the blueberry farm to pick berries for my family.  There's something so peaceful and serene about going into the blueberry fields at the crack of dawn and quietly filling my bucket with tiny blue morsels of antioxidant rich berries.

I treasure my hand picked blueberries because of the time and care that it takes to collect them.  I carefully scrutinize each blueberry recipe before I make it to decide whether it's  worthy of my cherished hand picked berries or whether I can substitute grocery store berries in their place.  This blueberry cobbler recipe is definitely hand picked blueberry worthy.  Enough said.  

Blueberry Cobbler
​Biscuit Topping
1 1/2 cups flour
5 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup buttermilk
6 Tablespoons butter, melted + 1 Tablespoon butter

Filling
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon cornstarch
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
6 cups blueberries
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Whisk together flour, 1 T. sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.   

Stir together buttermilk and 6 T. melted butter.

Combine sugar, cornstarch, lemon zest and salt. 

Add blueberries and lemon juice.

Transfer berries to an 8" baking dish and place on a foil lined baking pan.  

Bake 25 minutes at 375.  Gently stir berries.

Increase oven to 475.  Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture.  

Drop 1/4 cupfuls evenly on top of hot berry mixture.  Sprinkle with 2 t. sugar.

Bake 12-14 minutes.  

When I used my kids with me to pick berries when they were small so I understand that blueberry picking is not always a calming and peaceful experience.  I enjoyed blueberry picking with the kids but on a totally different level - in a more hectic and chaotic kind of way.  If picking your own blueberries is not an option for you, there is no shame in buying berries from the grocery store to make your cobbler.  

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So the only question left to answer is: ice cream or no ice cream?


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I am currently in search of another pick your own blueberry farm close to the Monroe, Georgia area.  If you know of one or have heard about a nearby blueberry farm, send me a comment.  I would love check it out.  

​Ciao!

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