Best Blackberry Cobbler

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 5 cups blackberries
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons water (a bit more could be necessary depending on your flour)
• 1 (16 ounce) box refrigerated pillsbury ready crust pie dough

Recipe

• 1 place filling ingredients in a pot and barely cover with water and bring to a boil.
• 2 place first three dumpling ingredients in a bowl. cut shortening into flour using pastry cutter, forks or your hands until it resembles course meal.
• 3 add water one teaspoon at a time until dough holds together in a ball and does not crumble when pressed.
• 4 flour a work surface and roll out dumpling dough to about 1/4 - 1/8 inch thick and cut into squares.
• 5 drop dumplings into berry filling and cook 30 minutes. make sure to stir when dropping in dumplings so they don't stick together.
• 6 pour filling into a 4 quart rectangle baking dish.
• 7 roll out pre-made crusts and place over berries. *most pre-made pie crust boxes come with 2 single crusts. you will need both crusts and trim the extra off. if you have the patience you can create a lattice crust using the pre-made dough for a pretty presentation.
• 8 bake your cobbler according to the pillsbury ready crust box directions.
• 9 this recipe can be halved or 2 smaller cobblers made by using two 2 quart dishes and using one pre-made crust per cobbler.