Drop-Biscuit Pear and Dried Cherry Cobbler
A comforting dessert featuring tender Bosc pears and tart dried cherries topped with buttery drop biscuits. This rustic cobbler combines warm fall spices with sweet fruit, perfect served warm with vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
- •6 medium Bosc pears
- •1 cup dried tart cherries
- •⅔ cup light brown sugar
- •2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- •2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- •¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- •⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
- •1 pinch ground cloves
- •2 cups all-purpose flour
- •2 teaspoons baking powder
- •1 teaspoon kosher salt
- •¾ cup sugar
- •¾ cup chilled unsalted butter
- •1 serving vanilla ice cream
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Toss pears, cherries, sugar, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon, salt, and cloves in a large bowl. Transfer to a 13x9" baking dish.
5 min
- 2.
Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and 3/4 cup sugar in a medium bowl. Rub in butter with your fingers until a coarse meal forms. Gradually mix in 1/3 cup hot water until a soft wet dough forms (a few lumps are okay). Drop clumps of dough over filling; sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar.
10 min
- 3.
Bake until filling is bubbling and top is golden brown and cooked through, 40-45 minutes; let cool. Serve with ice cream.
45 min
