Fresh Cherry Cobbler

The sales on cherries are at the lowest price of the year, however it's sometimes difficult to find a recipe that actually uses fresh cherries!  Many cherry recipes call for canned cherries or cherry pie filling, which can be incredibly expensive.

But since cherries are priced at $1.99/lb. at Publix (or just $2.99/lb. at Target), this cobbler will cost you between $3-$4 for the entire pan. (Which served eight happy helpings tonight when a few friends came over to test out the recipe with us!)  For less than $.50 per serving, there's no reason not to try out this recipe this week.  (I promise, your family will be so glad you did!)

Fresh Cherry Cobbler adapted from All Recipes

Ingredients

1. 1/2 cup butter
2. 1 cup all-purpose flour
3. 1 cup white sugar
4. 1 teaspoon baking powder
5. 1 cup milk
6. 2 cups pitted sour cherries On sale $1.99/lb. at Publix or $2.99/lb. at Target, see how we pitted them at our house
7. 3/4 cup white sugar
8. 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
9. ice cream optional . . . not-so-optional at our house 🙂

Use the $2/1 Publix ice cream when you purchase Smuckers Ice Cream Toppings from the Publix Yellow Advantage Buy Flier (Smuckers Toppings are priced at $1.89, so you basically get them free!)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Melt butter in 9×13 casserole dish in stove, until completely melted (about five minutes.)
3. Meanwhile, combine 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar & baking powder in small bowl, mix well.
4. Add milk and stir until combined, then pour flour/milk mixture over melted butter in casserole dish.
5. Mix together cherries, 3/4 sugar, and 1 tbsp. flour in bowl.  Evenly pour cherry mixture over flour/milk mixture in casserole (do not stir.)
6. Bake 45-55 minutes, until golden brown.
7. Serve warm . . . with ice cream of course!