Blackberry Dumpling Cobbler Recipes

JUANITA'S BLACKBERRY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Place blackberries, sugar, water, butter, and cinnamon in a large saucepan. Cook and stir occasionally over medium heat until have started to break down and form a sauce, about 20 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in the shortening with a knife or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir the egg yolk into the crumbs. Add the milk a tablespoon at a time, tossing with a fork, until the flour mixture is moistened. Do not add more milk than you need: when you squeeze a handful of the moistened pastry mixture, it should form a ball. Divide the dough in half and shape into balls.
• Roll one ball into a 1/4-inch thick round, like a pie crust. Using a floured knife cut lengthwise 2 to 3 inch wide strips of dough. Repeat with the second ball of dough.
• Holding each strip of dough over the boiling blackberries pinch off 4-inch lengths and drop into the berries. Repeat until all the dough has been used. Cook the dumplings over medium heat for 15 minutes. You may push the dumplings down into the juice but do not stir until they are fully cooked or they will clump together.

BLACKBERRY DUMPLING COBBLER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with shortening or cooking spray.
• In 3-quart saucepan, heat blackberries, 1 1/3 cups of the sugar and the butter to boiling over medium heat, stirring gently until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat cream cheese and remaining 2/3 cup sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in milk until smooth. Stir in Bisquick mix and oats. Spread two-thirds of the cream cheese mixture (about 3 cups) in baking dish; spoon blackberry mixture evenly over top. Dollop remaining cream cheese mixture over blackberry mixture.
• Bake 35 minutes or until filling is bubbly and topping is golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream.

TRADITIONAL BLACKBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Toss the blackberries with 1 1/4 cups sugar and 1 1/2 tablespoons flour in a mixing bowl. Spread into a 9x9-inch baking dish, and dot with 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter. In a separate bowl, whisk 1 1/2 cups flour together with baking powder, salt, and 2 tablespoons sugar. Cut in the softened butter until the mixture resembles cornmeal. Stir in the milk and egg until combined. Drop the batter over the berries by the spoonful.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the fruit is tender and the topping is golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes.

BLACKBERRY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the blackberries, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt and lemon extract. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes., Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, nutmeg and remaining sugar and salt. Add milk; stir just until mixed. (Dough will be very thick.), Drop by tablespoonfuls into 6 mounds onto hot blackberry mixture; cover tightly and simmer for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in a dumpling comes out clean. , Spoon into serving dishes. Serve with cream or whipped cream if desired.

QUICK BLACKBERRY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the blackberries, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt and extract; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, nutmeg, remaining sugar and salt. Add milk; stir just until mixed (dough will be very thick)., Drop by tablespoonfuls into six mounds onto simmering blackberry mixture. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a dumpling comes out clean (do not lift cover while simmering). Spoon into serving dishes. Serve with cream or whipped cream if desired.

BLACKBERRY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Mix blackberries, 1/3 cup sugar, the water and lemon juice in 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 3 to 4 hours (or high heat setting 1 1/2 to 2 hours) or until mixture is boiling.
• Mix baking mix and 2 tablespoons sugar in small bowl. Stir in milk just until dry ingredients are moistened. Drop dough by 6 spoonfuls onto hot berry mixture. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of dumplings comes out clean.
• To serve, spoon dumpling into dessert dish. Spoon berry mixture over dumpling. Top with whipping cream.

BEST BLACKBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Place filling ingredients in a pot and barely cover with water and bring to a boil.
• Place first three dumpling ingredients in a bowl. Cut shortening into flour using pastry cutter, forks or your hands until it resembles course meal.
• Add water one teaspoon at a time until dough holds together in a ball and does not crumble when pressed.
• Flour a work surface and roll out dumpling dough to about 1/4 - 1/8 inch thick and cut into squares.
• Drop dumplings into berry filling and cook 30 minutes. Make sure to stir when dropping in dumplings so they don't stick together.
• Pour filling into a 4 quart rectangle baking dish.
• Roll out pre-made crusts and place over berries. *Most pre-made pie crust boxes come with 2 single crusts. You will need both crusts and trim the extra off. If you have the patience you can create a lattice crust using the pre-made dough for a pretty presentation.
• Bake your cobbler according to the Pillsbury Ready Crust box directions.
• This recipe can be halved or 2 smaller cobblers made by using two 2 quart dishes and using one pre-made crust per cobbler.