My Granny Dreher was an outstanding cook! Born in a French
family and married into a German family, you just knew there was always
something excellent cooking on her stove!
When Granny moved to West Virginia from Indiana, to be near
my Mom [her daughter], I decided to get all of the knowledge I could possibly pull
from her little noggin about cooking.
Unfortunately, I could write down the recipes, even help her
make them, but I simply don’t have the knack to recreate them to what I know
she made them taste like way back when! Surely she sprinkled some fairy dust,
angel kisses, or some other kind of magical potion that I don’t know about, to
get her recipes to come out so perfectly!
One day I complained to her that I couldn’t get a pie to
taste like hers. That was when she told me about a fail-proof cobbler I could
make. She called it the Dump Cobbler.
And she was right! [As a matter of fact, I’ve got one in the
oven as I write this, and my mouth is absolutely watering!]
Here’s the Dump Cobbler:
1 stick butter
1 cup flour
2/3 cup sugar
Pinch of salt [abt. ¼ teaspoon]
1 tsp. baking powder
¾ cup milk
1 can of fruit [or you can use two if you like] in light syrup [I use
frozen berries as well!]
Put the butter into an oven proof pan [I use a 9 x 12-inch cake pan]
and melt the butter in the oven. Mix the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder
with the milk to make a thin batter. Put this into the pan of melted butter,
and then pour in the fruit. Bake for 30-35 minutes in a 350 degree to 400
degree oven. [I find if I bake it at 350-degrees that I need to let it bake
about 8 minutes longer.]
Serve warm. You can top with vanilla ice cream if you like. Or eat it
plain!
Believe me, you can’t fail with this one. And it’s one
recipe… comes out tasting like Granny’s every single time. Num, num, num!
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