Plum Cobbler with Cinnamon Biscuits
- 4 pounds plums (about 12 large), halved, pitted, cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 5 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons whipping cream
- 1 large egg
- Vanilla ice cream
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Toss plums, sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla in large bowl to coat.
- Transfer to 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish.
- Bake until thick and bubbling at edges, about 30 minutes.
- Whisk flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, salt, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in large bowl to blend.
- Add butter; rub in with fingertips until coarse meal forms.
- Whisk 3/4 cup whipping cream and egg in small bowl to blend.
- Stir cream mixture into flour mixture just until blended.
- Gently knead in bowl until dough comes together, about 5 turns.
- Remove plums from oven and stir gently.
- Break off golf-ball-size pieces of dough and arrange over hot plums, spacing apart.
- Brush dough with remaining 2 tablespoons cream.
- Mix remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in small bowl.
- Sprinkle over dough.
- Bake cobbler until fruit is bubbling, biscuits are browned, and tester inserted into center of biscuits comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
- Cool slightly.
- Serve hot or warm with vanilla ice cream.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/plum-cobbler-with-cinnamon-biscuits-109806 (may not work)