EASY BATTER FRUIT COBBLER

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Short of serving store-bought ice cream, you won't find a simpler, more delicious dessert than this fruit cobbler. Use any juicy summer fruit: peaches, nectarines, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries. And if you use frozen berries, this dessert can be assembled in less than 10 minutes.

Provided by Ben S.

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Peach Dessert Recipes

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

4 tablespoons butter
¾ cup all-purpose flour
¾ cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup milk
2 cups of sliced fresh peaches or nectarines, or whole blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or a combination of fruits (or a 12-ounce package of frozen berries)
1 tablespoon sugar

Steps:

Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position, and heat oven to 350 degrees.
Put butter in an 8-inch square or 9-inch round pan; set in oven to melt. When butter has melted, remove pan from oven.
Whisk flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Add milk; whisk to form a smooth batter. Pour batter into pan, then scatter fruit over batter. Sprinkle with remaining 1 Tb. of sugar.
Bake until batter browns and fruit bubbles, 50 to 60 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature with a dollop of whipped cream or a small scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 384 calories, Carbohydrate 64.9 g, Cholesterol 34.2 mg, Fat 12.6 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 4.1 g, SaturatedFat 7.9 g, Sodium 370.8 mg, Sugar 46.7 g