Fresh Blueberry Cobbler

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs fresh blueberries
• 4 -5 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, plus
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into bits
• 1/2 cup well-shaken buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 in a 9 inch glass or ceramic pie plate, toss blueberries, 2 to 4 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, lemon juice, and almond extract; let stand abut 30 minutes, or until mixture is juicy.
• 2 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 3 in a bowl, sift together remaining flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and 1 teaspoon sugar.
• 4 blend in butter with fingertips or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 5 stir in buttermilk using a fork, until just combined.
• 6 drop rounded tablespoons of dough over filling, leaving spaces for topping to expand.
• 7 sprinkle with remaining sugar.
• 8 back on center rack of oven until topping is golden, about 30 minutes.
• 9 cool slightly and serve warm. especially good with a scoop of blue bell homemade vanilla ice cream!