blackberries . . . yummmm

I love blackberries. I used to go berry picking as a child. We had a couple blackberry vines (bushes?) in our yard, plus the "woods" next to our house had some too. There were other areas close by (such as a field up the street) but I wasn't really allowed to go there by myself. Yeah, yeah, the little sister wasn't allowed but the big brother was . . . another story for another time. LOL

I always look at blackberries at the grocery store. "Look" is the key word here. Normally, blackberries are expensive. But, the other day, I noticed such pretty blackberries that I looked up at the price. $1.00 per package. Mind you, these were small packages, but still. Good price. And the blackberries were huge and plump. I thought for a moment, then I loaded up my basket with 4 packages.

What to make? Well, blackberry pie? Or cobbler? Hmm, if I did pie, then that would mean making a pie shell. If I did cobbler, it would mean dumping in a dish and putting a crust on top. The second sounded easiest. So, off I went to my computer to find a recipe. First stop (and last stop): The Pioneer Woman.

The Pioneer Woman had posted a couple cobbler recipes a while back. One was the basic cobbler I grew up eating. But the other one -well, it looked easy but almost too much like a muffin. But, it was EASY. I thought for a minute. EASY won out.

(image from The Pioneer Woman web site-click to go the recipe)

I didn't really think it would be the bubbling, moist with blackberry juice, cobbler of the past. But, I was wrong. When it came out of the oven, it was bubbling with juice. And looked more like cobbler than muffin top. AND, it tasted like cobbler.

This recipe is a keeper. Tastes good, easy to make and clean up a snap. Yep, a keeper for sure!