Simple Country Gal

So I have a cobbler recipe that I just loooove. My family loves it too, and we can barely keep it for more than a day. It’s great with ice cream for dessert, and if you add just a little less sugar – it makes a great addition to eggs for breakfast.

I’ve made some tweaks to the recipe to make it more *real food* friendly, and finally decided to take the plunge and try to convert it to a soaked grain recipe. It turned out fabulously well!  Here is the recipe:

Mix 1 cup freshly ground whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour with 1 cup buttermilk, yogurt, or kefir (I used buttermilk). It will be gooey and gloppy – don’t worry – it’s supposed to look like that.

Cover and let soak for 12-24 hours. Put it on the counter in your kitchen, out of the way. I just sat mine on top of the toaster oven.

Preheat oven to 325 F. Butter or grease a 2qt dish.

Fold 1/4tsp baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 cup Rapadura sugar into the flour/buttermilk mixture.

Stir it all up…

In a separate bowl, melt 1 stick of butter (1/4 lb). Thoroughly mix in 1/4 cup honey. It may take a few minutes, but as long as your butter is nice and hot, it will eventually combine really well.

(I could probably just eat that all by itself and be happy)

Combine butter/honey mixture with the flour mixture. This should combine really easily – no need to over-stir.

Pour into your generously buttered pan.

Rinse and pat dry 1.5 to 2 cups fresh or frozen fruit (cobbler friendly fruit – cherries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries). I use a mixture of frozen blueberries and blackberries.

Drop the fruit in an even layer over the top of your batter. (And if you want to be just a little bad, you can sprinkle just a hint of white sugar on top like I did. If you want to be good – use Rapadura)

Bake for 1 hour, or until it becomes golden on top and crispy/chewy looking around the edges. Note: I had to cook mine for an extra 5 minutes for it to be done (although this recipe will be a bit on the gooey side if you add a lot of berries no matter how long you cook it!). But I have a weird oven that always makes me have to adjust cooking temps and times.

Voila! A melt-in-your-mouth cobbler made with soaked grains and natural sugars.

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Recipe: Soaked Grain Cobbler

Ingredients

• *1 c freshly ground wheat flour
  *1 c buttermilk, kefir or yogurt
  *1/4 tsp baking soda
  *1 tsp baking powder
  *1/2 tsp sea salt
  *1/2 c Rapadura sugar
  *1 stick (1/4 lb) butter
  *1/4 c raw honey
  *1.5-2 c fresh fruit

Instructions

1. Mix 1 cup freshly ground whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour with 1 cup buttermilk, yogurt, or kefir. Let soak 12-24 hours. Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease 2 qt baking dish. Fold baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, and Rapadura into the flour mixture. Melt the stick of butter and thoroughly mix the honey into the melted butter. Combine the honey/butter mixture with the flour mixture and pour into prepared pan. Rinse and pat dry your fruit, then spread evenly over the batter. Place in the oven and bake for approximately 1 hour, or until golden.

Number of servings (yield): 4

Meal type: dessert

My rating:5 stars: ★★★★★

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