Blueberry Cobbler
A wonderful summer dessert.
Ingredients
- 2 cups blueberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp grated lemon peel
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- Butter or margarine about 1/4 cup
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup lard
- 1 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Rinse & drain blueberries.
- Put one half of blueberries in casserole dish.
- Mix sugar, lemon peel, and cinnamon.
- Add half of the sugar mixture to the blueberries and mix again.
- Drizzle 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice over blueberries.
- Dot blueberries with butter or margarine.
- Add remaining blueberries to the casserole dish.
- Top with the remaining sugar mixture and lemon juice.
- Dot with butter or margarine.
- Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
- While that is baking make the biscuit crust.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Cut in the lard with a pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse corn meal.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in 1 cup of buttermilk.
- Stir with a fork until the dough follows the fork.
- Drop by spoonfuls on top of the blueberry mixture once it is done baking.
- Bake at 450 for an additional 10 to 15 minutes or until biscuits are lightly browned.