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Peggy’s Tasty Cobbler
Peggy’s Tasty Cobbler
Ingredients:
Pastry:
1-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
½ cup shortening
5 to 6 T ice water
Fruit Filling:
12 cups of fruit—Use any combination of the following fruits to make a cobbler uniquely
your own... just be sure to use 12 cups of fruit: Granny Smith apples, sliced and cored;
Bartlett pears, sliced and cored; whole fresh or frozen blueberries, raspberries, or
blackberries; fresh or frozen rhubarb, chopped into 1-inch pieces
3 cups sugar
1 cup flour
3 T lemon juice
3 T butter
½ cup pecans (if desired)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350° F. For the pastry, combine flour, sugar, and salt in medium bowl.
Cut shortening into dry mixture until crumbly. Add 1 T of ice water at a time, mixing
with a fork or pastry mixer until pastry forms a ball. Roll out pastry on lightly floured
surface to 13 by 12-inch rectangle, about 1/8-inch thick. Cut pastry into desired shapes
(Christmas trees for a festive holiday cobbler, stars to celebrate the 4th of July, you get the
idea… have fun with it). Set pastry aside.
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For the filling, mix 12 cups of fruit with sugar and flour. Spread filling in 13 by 12-inch
pan. Sprinkle fruit with lemon juice, pecans, and butter. Set pastry shapes on top of fruit.
Sprinkle with a bit of sugar. Bakefor 60 to 70 minutes or until fruit is bubbly and
thickened. Serve warm with ice cream or at room temperature with whipped cream or ice
cream. Serve on an assortment of mismatched antique plates. It just tastes better!
Author’s Bio:
This cobbler reminds me of the cobblers my Mom made when I was a little girl
growing up in rural Illinois. Even though I am 900 miles away now in Colorado, a scoop
of this cobbler takes me back home. ~Peggy Hazelwood
Peggy is a freelance writer and copyeditor, runs the Albooktross electronic
bookstore, and in her spare time, loves searching garage
sales and thrift stores for “good junk” to keep (and sometimes sell). Her e-mail is
albooktross@aol.com.
Peggy Hazelwood is the author of From Old to Gold: How to Start and Run an
Antiques Business. This informative booklet will guide you on what you need to know in
starting and operating your own antiques and collectibles business. From Old to Gold,
available in the How To category at downloads
immediately to your PC!
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~ BEVERAGES AND MISC. ~
RUSSIAN SPICE TEA
Excerpt from Desert Triangle:
Jim McGregor was a handsome blonde haired, blue-eyed bachelor. Typical
bachelor fashion, he hated to cook and ate most of his meals out. He longed for a good
home cooked meal instead of eating restaurant food all the time.
Marcie knew that Jim’s favorite past time wasn’t cooking. She had often heard
him comment about how he hated to cook, especially for just one person. Marcie invited
Jim over to her house for a good home cooked meal.
Marcie decided to mix up a batch of Russian Spice Tea to serve before dinner.
Russian Spice Tea
Ingredients:
Pastry:
1-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
½ cup shortening
5 to 6 T ice water
Fruit Filling:
12 cups of fruit—Use any combination of the following fruits to make a cobbler uniquely
your own... just be sure to use 12 cups of fruit: Granny Smith apples, sliced and cored;
Bartlett pears, sliced and cored; whole fresh or frozen blueberries, raspberries, or
blackberries; fresh or frozen rhubarb, chopped into 1-inch pieces
3 cups sugar
1 cup flour
3 T lemon juice
3 T butter
½ cup pecans (if desired)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350° F. For the pastry, combine flour, sugar, and salt in medium bowl.
Cut shortening into dry mixture until crumbly. Add 1 T of ice water at a time, mixing
with a fork or pastry mixer until pastry forms a ball. Roll out pastry on lightly floured
surface to 13 by 12-inch rectangle, about 1/8-inch thick. Cut pastry into desired shapes
(Christmas trees for a festive holiday cobbler, stars to celebrate the 4th of July, you get the
idea… have fun with it). Set pastry aside.
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For the filling, mix 12 cups of fruit with sugar and flour. Spread filling in 13 by 12-inch
pan. Sprinkle fruit with lemon juice, pecans, and butter. Set pastry shapes on top of fruit.
Sprinkle with a bit of sugar. Bakefor 60 to 70 minutes or until fruit is bubbly and
thickened. Serve warm with ice cream or at room temperature with whipped cream or ice
cream. Serve on an assortment of mismatched antique plates. It just tastes better!
Author’s Bio:
This cobbler reminds me of the cobblers my Mom made when I was a little girl
growing up in rural Illinois. Even though I am 900 miles away now in Colorado, a scoop
of this cobbler takes me back home. ~Peggy Hazelwood
Peggy is a freelance writer and copyeditor, runs the Albooktross electronic
bookstore, and in her spare time, loves searching garage
sales and thrift stores for “good junk” to keep (and sometimes sell). Her e-mail is
albooktross@aol.com.
Peggy Hazelwood is the author of From Old to Gold: How to Start and Run an
Antiques Business. This informative booklet will guide you on what you need to know in
starting and operating your own antiques and collectibles business. From Old to Gold,
available in the How To category at downloads
immediately to your PC!
************************************************************************
102
~ BEVERAGES AND MISC. ~
RUSSIAN SPICE TEA
Excerpt from Desert Triangle:
Jim McGregor was a handsome blonde haired, blue-eyed bachelor. Typical
bachelor fashion, he hated to cook and ate most of his meals out. He longed for a good
home cooked meal instead of eating restaurant food all the time.
Marcie knew that Jim’s favorite past time wasn’t cooking. She had often heard
him comment about how he hated to cook, especially for just one person. Marcie invited
Jim over to her house for a good home cooked meal.
Marcie decided to mix up a batch of Russian Spice Tea to serve before dinner.
Russian Spice Tea
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