Spiced cranberry cherry cobbler

Photo: Sally's Baking Addiction

Sweet cherries calm the tart cranberries in a thick, glossy filling under a cinnamon-orange buttermilk biscuit topping. Serve it warm with ice cream.

From Sally McKenney at Sally's Baking Addiction

Cooking the filling on the stove first means it goes into the oven already thick, so the biscuits bake on top instead of sinking into juice.

You need

• Filling: 2 1/2 cups (300 g) fresh or frozen cranberries
• 5 cups (about 700 g) fresh or frozen pitted sweet cherries
• 2/3 cup (133 g) granulated sugar
• 3 tbsp (23 g) cornstarch
• 2 tbsp orange juice
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• Topping: 1 1/2 cups (188 g) all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup (67 g) packed brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 6 tbsp (85 g) very cold unsalted butter, cubed
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) cold buttermilk, plus 2 tbsp for brushing
• Coarse sugar

How to make it

1. Zest the orange first, then juice it. Heat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and grease a 3- to 3 1/2-quart baking dish at least 3 inches deep.
2. Cook the cranberries, cherries and sugar in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until juicy, about 5 minutes. Stir the cornstarch into the orange juice with a spoonful of the hot juices, pour it in and cook, stirring, until thick and bubbling at the edges, 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in the vanilla and salt and pour into the dish.
3. Whisk the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, zest, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Cut in the cold butter until it's in pea-size pieces.
4. Stir in the buttermilk until just combined into a shaggy dough.
5. Drop spoonfuls of dough over the filling, brush with the extra buttermilk and sprinkle with coarse sugar.
6. Bake 35 to 45 minutes, until the topping is golden and the filling bubbles. Cool 15 minutes before serving.

Written in our own words from Sally McKenney's recipe, with their quantities. The original: Spiced cranberry cherry cobbler, Sally's Baking Addiction.

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