Cherry Cobbler
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 6 cups fresh or frozen pitted tart cherries (about 3 1/2 pints fresh, picked over)
- 1 tablespoon Frangelico or Di Saronno Amaretto
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- Accompaniment: vanilla ice cream
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a large heavy saucepan whisk together sugar and cornstarch.
- Add fresh or frozen cherries, liqueur, vanilla, and allspice and bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally.
- Simmer mixture, stirring, 2 minutes and transfer to a shallow 2-quart baking dish.
- Cut butter into pieces.
- In a bowl with a pastry blender or in a food processor blend or pulse together flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, and butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- If using a food processor transfer mixture to a bowl.
- Add milk and vanilla and stir until mixture forms a dough.
- Drop topping by rounded tablespoons onto cherry filling (do not completely cover it) and bake in middle of oven 40 minutes, or until topping is golden and cooked through.
- Transfer cobbler to a rack to cool slightly.
- Serve cobbler warm with ice cream.
sugar, cornstarch, cherries, frangelico, vanilla, ground allspice, cold unsalted butter, flour, yellow cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, vanilla, accompaniment
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/cherry-cobbler-14180 (may not work)