Pear Cobbler

We have a couple of pear trees on my mother-in-laws property and a couple of years ago I canned a few quarts, and made about 12 gallons of pear wine. No one is quite sure of the variety of the pear, they look like Bosc pears but even when they are ripe, they are quite firm of flesh. They are what my grandmother used to call canning pears. So that is what I do with them most of the time. The one thing they do excel at, other than making pear wine, is make exceptional pear cobbler. So today I wanted to share with you my cobbler recipe.

If you do not like pears, simply substitute peaches or apples. This recipe is fast and easy, it is a batter style cobbler that when baked becomes golden brown with a crunchy top (due to the sprinkled sugar). Anyway, I saure both you and your family will love it, mine does!

Pear Cobbler

1 quart (32oz) canned pears or one 29oz can fruit for the grocery store.

1 ¼ cups Sugar

1 cup Self-Rising Flour *

1 cup Milk

¼ cup pecans

¼ cup raisins

1 stick Butter

¼ teaspoon cinnamon

* Chef's Note: Grandma used to use self rising flour in her recipe, but I do not generally keep it in my pantry. You can do like I did and make your own self rising flour by combining 1 cup AP flour, with 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt.

Melt butter in a microwavable dish.

Combine 1 cup of the sugar and flour into a mixing bowl and mix throughly, then add the milk and stir with a spoon or whisking making a thin batter. Then add the melted butter and stir again until well combined.

Spray a square baking dish (8”x8”) with non-stick cooking spray, then drain the canned pears in a colander and add them to the baking dish. Take 2 tablespoons from the remaining sugar and combined with the cinnamon. Add he sugar and cinnamon mixture to the pears and mix throughly. Add the pecans and raisins and mix again.

Pour the batter over the pears in the baking dish, and sprinkle a few pecans and extra raisins on top of the batter, then spread the remaining sugar evenly over the top of the batter.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour, or until golden brown and the sauce is bubbling. If you desire, sprinkle an additional teaspoon of sugar over the cobbler 10 minutes before it’s done. 

Conclusion

The only way I like to eat pears is either baked in a pie or cobbler. They lose their grainy texture when baked and I am a big texture eater. When baked in this cobbler the texture and taste is very similar to an apple, and who wouldn't like apple cobbler. The great this about this recipe is that it can be used with just about any fruit, but it is especially great with peaches. My blackberry cobbler uses the same batter and technique, but is slightly different, and I will be posting it soon.

I hope you will take the time to make a peach, apple, blackberry or even a pear cobbler for your family, but don't forget the ice cream! And as always, if you have enjoyed this article, please share it with your friends and don't forget to send us on friend request on Facebook and Google+ so that you will not miss out on any of our new articles.