Apricot Cobbler

4 15.25 oz cans apricots in fruit juice
16 oz dried apricots, cut into fourths
50 g sugar (or less)
1 1/2 T cornstarch
1 T water
juice and zest of 1 lemon
100 sugar
31 g flour
4 T cold butter
250 g flour
75 g sugar
4 t baking powder
1 t salt
2 T Saco dried buttermilk
1/2 C water
5 T oil
2 eggs

Heat oven to 400.
Separate canned apricots from syrup.
Place syrup in a shallow pan and cook dried apricots on low for 30 mins.
Mix 50 g sugar, 1 1/2 T cornstarch, and 1 T water.
Add to dried apricots and stir until thickened.
Add canned apricots and lemon.
Let simmer on low until crumble and biscuit dough are ready.
Mix 100 g sugar with 31 g flour.
Cut in 4 T butter and set crumble aside.
Combine 250 g flour, 75 g sugar, baking powder, salt, and dried buttermilk.
Separately, combine water, oil, and eggs.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir just until combined.
Transfer apricot filling to a greased 10-inch square pan.
Drop spoonfuls of biscuit dough on top of apricots.
Sprinkle crumble over dough.
Bake 30 - 35 mins.
Serves 16.

Note 1:
Cherry Filling
3 24 oz jars Trader Joe's Morello cherries
200 g sugar
2 T cornstarch
1 T water
Separate cherries from juice and heat juice on stove.
Mix sugar, cornstarch, and water.
Add to juice and stir until thickened.
Add cherries.

Peach Filling
5 lbs canned peaches
100 g sugar
1 t cinnamon
2 T cornstarch
1T water
juice and zest of 1 lemon
Separate peaches from syrup and heat syrup on stove.
Mix sugar, cinnamon, cornstarch, and water.
Add to syrup and stir until thickened.
Add lemon juice, lemon zest, and peaches.

Blueberry Filling
12 C fresh or frozen blueberries drained and thawed
200 g sugar
2 T cornstarch
1/2 t salt
1/2 t cinnamon
juice and zest of 1 lemon
Combine dry ingredients.
Add lemon juice and lemon zest.
Add blueberries.
(Can replace dough topping with sprinkle of cinnamon sugar)

Note 2:
To make a crisp instead of a cobbler, first prepare fruit filling.
1 1/2 C oatmeal
220 g brown sugar
94 g flour
3/4 t salt
3/4 C nuts
1/2 C oil or less
Combine oatmeal, brown sugar, flour, salt, and nuts.
Add just enough oil to lightly bind.
Sprinkle over filling and bake at 350 for 30-35 mins.

Betty Reed