Wartime Blueberry Cobbler

At a time when certain ingredients were limited, fruit based desserts such as this simple Blueberry Cobbler became popular because the seasonal fruit filling created most of the dessert and a layer of cake on top required only a little required fat.
This recipe is from the book Grandma’s Wartime Kitchen.

Spray a 8” x 8” baking dish with cooking oil.

In a bowl combine the blueberries, 2 Tbsp.
of the brown sugar and the cornstarch.

Spread the mixture into the prepared dish.

In a medium bowl combine the flour, remaining
brown sugar, baking powder and salt.

Cut in the butter with a pastry blender or two
knives until mixture forms fine crumbs.

Add the milk, egg and vanilla extract
stirring just until combined.

Spoon the mixture over the berries
or spread it out like I did.

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 – 35 minutes
or until the center springs back when lightly pressed.

Cool for 15 minutes then cut into 6 rectangles and serve.
Wartime Blueberry Cobbler
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Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar, divided
- 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1¼ cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¼ cup butter (½ stick)
- ½ cup milk
- 1 large egg, slightly beaten
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray an 8″ x 8″ baking dish with cooking oil.
- In a bowl combine the blueberries, 2 Tbsp. of the brown sugar and the cornstarch.
- Spread the blueberry mixture into the prepared dish.
- In a medium bowl combine the flour, remaining brown sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Add the butter and cut it in with a pastry blender or two knives until the mixture forms fine crumbs.
- Add the milk, egg and vanilla extract stirring just until combined.
- Spoon the mixture over the berries or spread it out.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the center springs back when lightly pressed.
- Cool for 15 minutes then cut into 6 rectangles and serve.
I bet that’s a really interesting book Diane
It was Sheree and with so much fascinating historical information.
I love these war time and Depression-era recipes. They are thrifty, in a time when nothing was wasted.
Yes and none of the processed ingredients added to them!
That is one of the benefits of using these wonderful old cookbooks!
Looking way too good! People back then ate more with their mouths and less with their eyes. Have a great weekend! <3
Spot on Katherine! Thank you and enjoy your week!
Hmm … I can only imagine how much yumminess is in this dish!
It is amazing how simple yet delicious recipes were back in the wartime days.
Simple but yummy! Thank you very much for sharing, Diane! I hope you had a beautiful weekend!, and will start into a wonderful week. xx Michael 🙂
You’re welcome Michael! It has been amazing temperatures and I have been outside working and loving it! I can’t work long in the heat so I am doing as much as I can. Next week I need to order 2 truck loads of mulch, I’m a little behind on that. Lol
Wow! This sounds very effortful. Find time for rest, Diane! Have a nice rest of the week! xx Michael
Add some whipped cream, not the canned stuff, and you have a dessert that you will cherish and enjoy.
Yes I would have loved the extra sweetness! Although I must admit, it went down pretty good without it too…lol
Looks delicious and a great way to be carb conscious too!
Thank you!
Sounds like something that’ll make you happy!
Yes and my grandson too! I had to limit him to one piece a day, he wanted to keep eating it..lol
A few days ago I went blueberry picking, and I still have quite a few berries .. hmmm … 😉
Perfect! I am so happy to be done picking my blueberries. I ended up with 3 gallon bags full from just 2 bushes! It was a very productive year. 😁
Very nice I love blueberries served with custard this sounds delicious… 😀
Thank you! I grow my own blueberries and love trying different blueberry recipes. Blueberries and custard sounds amazing too!
Spot on. My Italian grandmother as a matter of fact made exactly this dish…with blueberries picked growing wild in the hills reaching up to the top of their farmstead in Duchess County, NY..
Ed
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Awesome memory! It was very good and I love making these wartime recipes.
Yummy
Thank you!
Yum!
Thanks!
And I am off to buy blueberries! You are so lucky that you have them in your yard!
Happy August my friend!
Thanks Nancy you too! Keep in mind you could make this recipe using any fruit according to the Wartime book.
Love it. Made it myself, it’s really delicious. You might have made a mistake, the mistake of putting this post up, I am addicted now. Write more, bake more. Love your blog. Keep it up.
Haha Thank you for your kind words! From reading the book with this recipe, back in the wartime they used any type of fruit with this recipe.
(Looking for my tub of ice cream) – YUM!
This would be excellent with ice cream as it doesn’t have a lot of sugar in the recipe. I love trying the recipes from the Wartime book. Thanks!
Tasty cobbler. Delicious blueberry dessert 🙂
Greetings
Thank you Ultra!
Thank you, I hope your re enjoying your weekend!
Oh … nice hot cobbler with ice cream on it would float my boat right now. You’re still harvesting blueberries or are these this year’s crop from your freezer Diane?
I’m finally done picking my blueberries Linda and yes the blueberries were from this years crop. Ice cream would have been great on this dessert but I am trying to be good and not buy any. Every time I buy it for the blog I eat it! Lol
You did good with this crop of blueberries Diane … all the sunshine and rain we had. That’s rough having to buy it for the blog – ha ha. I was reading something not long ago, very interesting, how food photographers use props for food to make it look good. It was amazing what they use for ice cream so they have time to shoot the advertisement and not have the ice cream drip everywhere. It was on Facebook. I used to like that show “Unwrapped” on The Food Channel years ago. It had some fascinating stuff on that show.
We loved watching Unwrapped too Linda. As you can tell my food pictures will never be great since I shoot with my iPad!🤣😂🤣 My props consist of flexible color/design roll up plastic sheets and Goodwill and Dollar Store dishes. If I could do more than break even with the cost of my site I may invest in more but for now, I’m just happy sharing my recipes and having such dear friends like you! ❤️
My favorite Unwrapped was the one that went behind the scenes for a traditional Thanksgiving Day side dishes. They went to the Durkee French Fried Onions factory and showed the millions of them on the conveyor belt, visited a cranberry bog – can’t remember the rest, but it was very interesting. The food always looks delicious, so it doesn’t matter the dishes you use. I always think they are nice and flatter the food. That is sweet of you to say that Diane and here I am a whole day later responding! 🙂
This looks SO GOOD…especially with a little ice cream on the side?
Thank you and everything is better with ice cream! 🍦Lol
It looks delicious! I bet that recipe book is really neat.
It was a fascinating read and I really enjoyed trying some of the recipes Michelle. Thanks!