Plum Cobbler

  

    Plum Cobbler

     I know it's been a long time coming, but I have finally had time to sit down and write a new post. Someone was recently kind of enough to give me some fresh plums. I love plums, and I usually eat them, but I decided to cook 'em up this time. I came up with this recipe based on my grandmother's recipe she showed me when I was a kid. It was peach cobbler and had tons of sugar, so I made a few changes. It is hands-down the best peach cobbler out there (in my opinion) and even though I made a few changes, it still resulted in a delicious treat.

I remember there were holidays that we went to Granny's (my dad's mom's place) and others we went to Maw-Maw's (my mom's mom). Granny was usually in the kitchen cooking something; biscuits, dressing, pecan pie, or a peach cobbler. Even as a kid, I wanted to know how to cook. I always found my way into the kitchen to ask Granny if I could help get lunch ready. She'd give me a bowl, the ingredients and with great assistance, I usually got to make the cornbread, biscuits or the cobbler. I remember the very first time I made cobbler at my grandmother's. After dinner, my grandfather would get a small portion of desert, eat it, and follow that with a handful of peanuts before retiring to the living room where all the men gathered to talk and watch sports. He ate some of the peach cobbler granny and I made together and said it was good; Granny, of course, gave me all the credit. He then told me that it was the best cobbler he'd ever had. It was, but it wasn't anything I had done, since it was my grandmother's recipe.

I wanted share this recipe, because it's so easy, cheap and most people have these simple ingredients laying around. Also, it doesn't require butter, and except for special occasions, I don't keep in the house. It was easy to convert it to a plum recipe. I literally just substituted the fruit, and it cooked up the same.

Plum Cobbler

1 qt. Sliced Plums (pits removed)

1 ½ c. Sugar

3 Tbs Vegetable Oil

½ c. hot water

1 c. Self-rising Flour

½ c. Milk

Arrange plums in a baking dish and sprinkle with ½ cup of sugar. In a separate bowl mix flour ½ cup sugar, oil and milk in a bowl. Pour over plums. Sprinkle with ½ cup of sugar. Pour hot water slowly over all. Bake at 375 for 1 hour or until light brown.

Note: I cooked this in my cast iron skillet and it turned out lovely.