Easy Fruit Cobbler
You can throw this together and have it baked and ready before the dishes are done.
This is for a large pan. Halve it if you want to do a 9x9. And follow the directions no matter how weird it sounds.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees (205c). Put 2 sticks of butter (227g) into your pan and stick it into the oven to melt it all while the oven's preheating. Watch it so it doesn't burn!
Bowl #1: prep your fruit. I don't measure (sorry), just slice or chop it all evenly. I put in maybe 5 stalks of rhubarb and a large container of strawberries. You *could* use frozen but your cobbler will take a LOT longer to cook off all the excess moisture.
Bowl #2: 2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar (we use sucanant, which is why it's all brown), 4 tsp baking powder.
Don't let your butter burn. Take it out when it's all melted.
Add 1 1/2 cups milk to your dry ingredients (not the fruit).
Cover the melted butter with your wet mixture. Just plop it all in in big spoonfuls, all over evenly. It will look horrible. Just trust me and keep going.
Then top with your prepped fruit.
Pop it into the oven until done, maybe 25-30 minutes. It might be an hour if your fruit is frozen. It's done when the knife comes out clean.
Try to let it sit 5 min before serving it warm with ice cream.
Let me know if you make it! 
I like them better when they're not as fat but honestly we eat them all the season until we're tired of them 😊
Usually in baked goods. Our fave is cobbler. I could write up the recipe if you're interested.
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