Aunt Ivy’s Three Fruit Cobbler

A country inn recipe for Aunt Ivy’s Three Fruit Cobbler.

AmericanOtherEasy45 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 8 cups mixed fruit, peaches, plums, apricots, chopped
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. all purpose flour
  • zest of 1 orange
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 6 tbsp. cold butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup blanched almonds, sliced

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 400F, and lightly grease 12 inch square glass baking dish.

  2. 2

    Cut fruit into chunks, mix with sugar, flour, cinnamon and zest.

  3. 3

    Spoon mixture into baking dish.

  4. 4

    Topping: Sift dry ingredients together. Cut in butter with pastry cutter, two knives or your fingertips until coarse lumps are formed.

  5. 5

    Blend in eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and almond extracts.

  6. 6

    Spoon over fruit and spread evenly.

  7. 7

    Sprinkle with almonds.

  8. 8

    Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch.

  9. 9

    Cool on wire rack.

  10. 10

    Serve warm or chilled.

Tags

americancountry-cooking