Blackberry Cobbler with Oatmeal Crust

Blackberry Cobbler with Oatmeal Crust

Ingredients:

Crust:

• 2 Cups Quick Cooking Oats
• 2/3 Cup All Purpose or Gluten Free Flour
• 2/3 Cup Dark Brown or Light Brown Sugar
• 2/3 Cup Cold Butter

Filling:

• 5-6 Cups of Rinsed Blackberries
• 3/4 Cup Sugar
• 2 Teaspoons Lemon Juice
• Zest of Half one Lemon
• 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla or Almond Extract
• 5 Tablespoons Corn Starch

1. Preheat oven to 375F
2. In a large bowl mix, oat meal, sugar and flour together. Using a pastry cutter or a knife, chop up the butter as small as possible and mix with the dry ingredients. *Helpful hint; I find it easier to mix the ingredients with my hands molding the butter into the dry ingredients until well combined and can easily form a giant ball.
3. Butter or oil the bottom of your 9″ pie pan.
4. Press the oatmeal crust on the bottom of the pan and form it up the sides. Leave 1/3 of the oat meal crust for the topping.
5. Bake the crust for 20 minutes.
6. In a large bowl mix all the filling ingredients together.
7. Once the crust is a nice golden brown add the filling on top of the crust.
8. Add additional oatmeal crumble on top. Fell free to get creative or just crumble it on top.
9. Bake for 35 minutes and enjoy!