When life gives you Apricots . . .

We have a very healthy apricot tree in our backyard. For the last two years we have had VERY bountiful crops. Last year, we made LOTS of yummy apricot things including dehydrated apricots and LOTS of jars of jam. This year we have been making dehydrated apricots but with Ashley's graduation party and being the resident dessert person in our family I decided to give a cobbler a shot. I had never made a cobbler so I wanted to make sure I documented the process.It was REALLY Yummy!

Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (I didn't have nutmeg, so I used all cinnamon)
1 cup water
45 oz of apricot halves, (drained if canned) I used fresh
1 tablespoon butter


You can use canned apricots but I used fresh


You will need to half the apricots if you use fresh, canned apricots already come halved


Because I used fresh apricots I needed to weigh them to get the right amount.


In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir in water;


Bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil and stir for 1 minute; reduce heat. (This activates the cornstarch with acts as a thickening agent.)


Add apricots and butter ; heat through. Stirring to coat apricots with sauce. Then pour into baking dish. You will need one that holds at least 2 quarts.


Topping:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cold butter
1/2 cup milk

Mix dry ingredients into a bowl


cut butter and place into dry ingredients


mix butter into the flour (I used a pastry blender) until crumbly


Add milk and mix


Mix until moistened into dough. Spoon over hot apricot mixture


One thing I realized this morning when uploading my pictures, was I didn't take a picture of the cobbler completed. So hopefully I will get enough apricots to make another cobbler and then I will post a picture.