Raspberry Cobbler

I didn't put all the raspberries I picked yesterday into the freezer. I decided to use some of them and make this Raspberry Cobbler. I mostly followed the original recipe.

Raspberry Cobbler

Ingredients:

• 1 c. flour 
• 1-1/2 tsp. baking powder 
• 1/2 tsp. salt 
• 1/2 c. sugar 
• 1/2 cup butter, melted 
• 1/2 c. milk 
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla 
• 3 c. fresh (or frozen) unsweetened raspberries 
• 1/3 c. sugar 
• 1 tbsp. flour

Directions:

1. Butter or spray an 8 inch square baking pan. 
2. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in medium bowl. Make well in center. Add melted butter, milk and vanilla. Stir until blended. Pour into prepared pan. 
3. In another bowl, combine raspberries, sugar and 1 tbsp. flour. Spoon fruit mixture evenly over batter. 
4. Bake at 350° for 45 to 55 minutes or until golden brown and done in the middle. 
5. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Image via WikipediaThe original recipe called for 2/3 cup sugar and 1 T tapioca to be mixed with the raspberries.  I cut the sugar in half because I don't like things all that sweet, and I substituted flour for the tapioca because the only tapioca I have is the Pearl kind that's supposed to be soaked - and I didn't want to wait for it since everything else was already mixed up.  The flour was fine, but now I'm thinking I need to make some tapioca pudding!  After we finish the cobbler, of course, which turned out really good - at least I thought so!

Also - Cobbler.  When I was looking up recipes I found some like this with the batter on the bottom and fruit on top and others with the fruit on the bottom and a biscuit-type crust on top.  So, which is it?  What is a cobbler really?
 

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