Quick and Easy Any Fruit Cobbler

At this time of year, with all sorts of fruits and berries getting ripe, it's nice to have a recipe that works for any fruit you have on hand.  There's hardly any prep at all to this recipe, and it seems to work just as well with canned fruits (drained of excess juice) and berries, as with fresh fruits or berries.  This is one recipe I keep on hand for when I want to make a quick and tasty dessert or treat.  I personally like it warm and served with a scoop of ice cream. 

In a mixing bowl, put these ingredients together and mix well:
3/4 cup milk
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons melted butter (or stick margarine, not the tub kind)
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder

Grease your pan.  Put any fruit, or berries into the bottom of the pan. (If using berries, mix them with some sugar first and let them sit for a while to get a little more juicy before pouring batter over top.)  Pour the your batter mix over top and even it out with a spatula if needed.

Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for 30 to 45 minutes.

*note:  I did not put a pan size.  I've done this same recipe in an 8 X 8 inch square pan, a 9 X 9 square, a round pan, and an oblong pan.  They all turned out just fine, although the oblong produced a somewhat thinner version, it was still good.  The only thing you would need to change would be the baking time as it might take a little more time.  When it's done, the top will be lightly browned, and if you test it by the toothpick in the center method, you can be sure when it's done.

Dangerous Plants That Grow In Our Yards

On one of my newsfeeds today, there was an article about 10 common but deadly plants.  Most people tend to think that most weeds and plants are fairly harmless.  The common ones that come to mind are Poison Oak, Poison Ivy, and Poison Sumac.  Yet there are many other ones we should be careful of, especially if we have children, grandchildren, or pets.

When I was about 5 growing up on the dairy, my grandmother used to pick these berries called gooseberries.  They made a really tasty pie!  I used to stay pretty much in the areas between the house and the barns, but, one day I wandered to the back side of the barn and there were these beautiful berries growing all over.  Plump, luscious looking, and I just couldn't resist...I thought they were gooseberries!  Well, when I went back into the house, my Mother asked what the red was all over my mouth.  I told her I was eating Grammas gooseberries.  She hurried me out the door and had me show her where this patch of berries was.  Next thing I know I was in the emergency room getting my stomach pumped.  I had eaten deadly nightshade! How lucky I was that my Mother noticed, and that I hadn't wiped the juice off my chin to get rid of the evidence.  

Nightshade is fairly common in our neck of the woods.  I patrol my yard around the house and barns just to pull it out and make sure MY grandchildren never get into it and have to go through what I did!  I thought that today I would pass on the link with some of the other poisonous plants.  There are good color photos so that it would make them easier to identify and see if you have any in your yard.
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