How to Bake a Fast Fruit Cobbler Dessert

Fruit cobbler makes a quick and easy dessert.

If you find out at the last minute that you're having company for dinner or you simply want to surprise your family with a sweet treat, an easy cobbler recipe can help you out. The ingredients are ones you can easily keep on the pantry shelf to use when you need them, and the dish itself takes only a few minutes to assemble. All you need is less than an hour for baking time, and you'll be dishing up a traditional cobbler that they'll think you slaved over.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• 2 cups baking mix
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 to 2 cans of canned fruit in heavy syrup
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• Large bowl
• Small bowl
• Baking dish
• Nonstick cooking spray

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Pour 2 cups of baking mix into a large bowl. Take out a tablespoon of the mix, and set aside for later. Add 1/2 cup of water and a 1/4 cup of sugar to the mix, and stir just until completely mixed.

3. Spray the baking dish with nonstick cooking spray (it makes clean up easier). Put the canned fruit with the heavy syrup in the baking dish. Depending on the size of your baking dish, you may need one or two cans of canned fruit. The fruit should come about halfway up the side of the baking dish.

4. Put a couple of tablespoons of the syrup from the fruit in a small bowl, and add the tablespoon of baking mix and 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon. Mix well, and then add to the fruit in the baking dish.

5. Put the baking mix on top, and bake in a 350-degree oven until the baking mix is cooked, about 40 minutes.

Tips & Warnings

• We like cinnamon in both peaches and cherries. If you like another seasoning (like cloves) better, of course it will work, too.

• copyright 2009 Linda Richard

References

• Better Homes and Gardens.com: Cherry Cobbler Recipe