So many different ways to bake fruit with butter, sugar, flour, etc.

Hi friends,

I’m not trying to be the word police, but there’s so many different ways to bake fruit with butter, sugar, flour, etc. My first experience with cobbler was in the Boy Scouts. Fruit cooked in a big black dutch oven, using fire and coals. A sweet cakey mixture on top and bubbling syrupy goodness on the bottom. It was amazing. I’ve since learned how to pull this off on my own car camping trips using frozen berries, a box of yellow cake mix, a stick of butter and a Sprite. Everything tastes better when you’re camping.  

For a more refined and delicious baked fruit dessert I prefer a crisp or a crunch. One has oats and one does not. Whether a crisp, crunch or cobbler, it’s all about the topping. Don’t skimp on the topping. That’s the part everybody wants. Here’s a basic recipe for you to try.

Joy of Cooking cookbook

Blackberry Crunch

• 1 cup oats

• 1 cup brown sugar

• 1/2 cup butter, unsalted

• 1/2 cup flour, all-purpose

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

• 1.5 to 2 lbs blackberries
  
  
  

Butter an 8”x8” baking dish. Pour blackberries into dish. Add rest of ingredients to a bowl and use a pastry blender, 2 knives or a food processor to combine the ingredients until the mixture is crumbly, like coarse breadcrumbs. Spread this mixture over the top of the berries and bake in a 350 F oven for 50-60 minutes. Should be nice and bubbly and browned on top. If you can, let it sit and rest for 15 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream.

It’s 4th of July weekend! If you’re looking for berries to make a favorite dessert for this special occasion, we got you covered. Blackberries and blueberries ripe for picking. We’re open Thursday July 3 from 9am to 7pm. Friday July 4th we’re open from 8am to 5pm. Saturday we’re open from 8am to 5 pm. Call 919-627-2946 to confirm hours before coming.

Your farmer,

David Heeks

P.S. I finally got the pollinator garden beds built and filled in with soil. They’re not fully planted out yet, but I had plenty of purple cone flower to put in right away.