I tend to buy strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries quite often. I find myself buying those wonderful berries in the grocery store telling myself I am going to make something with these only to find myself throwing them away because they went bad. Do you ever do that?  I hate to think how much money was wasted throwing them in the trash. My fridge needed some major cleaning out. I grabbed these berries thinking I had another day or so. To my dismay, the blackberries were all bad and had to be thrown out. I had to act fast to do something before they all went bad.

What is a girl to do with all those berries?  Make a cobbler of course! I just purchased this huge cast iron skillet and thought that would be perfect. I went through all the berries, rinsed them, and cut up the strawberries into smaller pieces. Placed them into the skillet and splashed a little lemon juice on them ( I had to do something with that too) Spooned the topping on and into the oven it went. This came out of the oven just as we were finishing up dinner. I just so happened to have some vanilla ice cream on hand.. The cold ice cream and the warm cobbler was perfect. The berries made a wonderful sauce to spoon over the ice cream too.

Now I need to buy more berries.


Mixed Berry Cobbler

3 cups of assorted berries (I used strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries)
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Go through all the berries carefully making sure there are no bad berries. Rinse them off,  I placed them all into a colander and rinsed them at the same time. Cut the strawberries into smaller pieces so the berries all cook the same. Place into the skillet squeeze the lemon juice over the berries. Combine in a separate bowl, flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat butter, brown sugar, and vanilla with a mixer until well blended. Add in the dry ingredients until mixture resembles course crumbs. Drop dough evenly on top of berries.  Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until bubbly and brown. Serve warm with a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream.





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My Mom has been telling me about this great vegetable stand she frequents and about the nice gentlemen that is working it. He told her she could come and pick some blackberries to make some jam. So we made a plan to go picking. We went on this past Saturday and picked a bucket load. I mean seriously, a huge pot full. We are getting together to make some jam in a bit but I brought some home to bake with. We went with the whole family. My Mom and Dad, me, my daughter, my sister and my two nephews. We had to fight the June bugs, the gnats, the mosquitoes and all the vines and tall grass but we had fun. The kids were laughing and playing and enjoying themselves. My only hope is that they remember that little memory for years to come. Of course, I didn't want to carry  my good camera and ruin it and wouldn't you know it, my phone battery was dying so I couldn't get any pictures of us picking but that is OK. I have that in my memory bank now.  Growing up we had a blackberry bush that sat at the corner of our house. Many times we would wind up in the middle of that bush after wrecking on our bikes. My parents eventually got rid of that bush, but our memories are still there. Ask anyone of my sisters about it and they will tell you the same thing..."I wrecked my bike in that bush all the time"  It was worth it for the memories.






**I doubled the recipe and made this in a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish. 

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When I was a little girl we used to stay outside all day long and play.  One of the things we did the most was ride bicycles.  We used to have this blackberry bush at the corner of our house.  There is a hill on the side of my Mom and Dad's house and we used to go around the house with our bikes.  Well more times than I can count someone would end up in that blackberry bush.  Over the years it grew and we enjoyed the berries so much.  Sadly my parents decided it was time to do away with it and cut it down.  I am sure to them it was getting unruly.  To this day when I see blackberries I think of that bush and the many times I had to somehow climb out of it when I crashed into it. Its funny how a simple little berry can bring back such a memory. 



Bumbleberry is just mixed berries. I had heard the term before but never really knew what it meant. A friend of mine who makes and sells her own jams and jellies told me what it meant. She sells bumbleberry jam at our local farmers markets. I can say I have bought one and my daughter loves it. I accidentally picked up a frozen bag of mixed fruit at the store and was not sure what to do with it. Bumbleberry Cobbler was what I came up with.  I have to say this turned out really good. This has raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries in it.  How can it not be good? 

Put a stick of butter in your casserole dish and place in a 350 degree oven to melt.  In the meantime, combine the flour, 1 cup of sugar and milk.  Once its melted remove from the oven and pour the batter mix over the butter, do not stir.






Bumbleberry Cobbler
Inspired by Southern Plate's Christy Jordan

• 2 C Berries, frozen or fresh- I used a frozen
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup self rising flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 stick butter or margarine