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Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons of baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoons of salt
- 1 cup of shortening
- 2/3 cup milk
- 4 cups fresh blackberries
- 1.5 to 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Vegetable oil or cooking spray to grease pan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 12x9x2 baking dish
- Combine sugar and water in saucepan and stir well
- Cook sugar water over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves, then remove from heat and set aside
- Melt butter in microwave and add to baking dish
- Cut shortening into flour until mixture resembles course meal
- Add milk, stirring just until dry ingredients are mixxed
- Scrape down sides of bowl with spatula to make sure all incorporated
- Knead dough 4 or 5 times until mixture comes together into a rough ball
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface
- Roll dough into 12 x 9 rectangle
- You can cut off those areas larger to fill areas short, slightly moisten joint with water and press together
- Spread blackberries over dough longways straight down center
- Sprinkle with cinnamon
- Roll up jelly roll fashion beginning with long side
- Cut dough into 12, 1 inch slices
- Dental floss pulled opposite directions works great
- Place slices cut side down in the melted butter in the baking dish
- Pour sugar syrup around slices
- Bake at 350 degrees for 55 or 60 minutes until golden brown and toothpick inserted into middle dough comes out clean
- Category: Cobbler
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: old fashioned blackberry cobbler, blackberry cobbler pinwheels