I am not a pie person. I enjoy eating them, but I find the process of making crust, rolling it out and getting it into the pan more bother than I can really deal with. However, I happily embrace all varieties of crisps and cobblers because they are hugely easy and are a wonderful way to use all that great summer fruit.

Yesterday, I made the easiest cobbler ever. It requires just one bowl, one measuring cup and a baking pan. Butter your favorite baking pan and set it aside. Pour five or six cups of blueberries into a medium-sized mixing bowl and add a few cubed nectarines (not required, but very tasty). Sprinkle cornstarch, sugar, cinnamon and grated nutmeg over fruit and squeeze half a lemon in. Stir to combine and pour into the baking pan. Use the same bowl to mix up the biscuit-style topping (recipe after the jump) and spoon it over the top.

I took it to a cookout last night and it was the perfect finish to a meal of hamburgers, potato salad, grilled corn and fresh, garden squash.



Blueberry-Nectarine Cobbler

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and butter your favorite medium-sized baking pan.

Fruit:
5-6 cups of blueberries
2-3 nectarines, cubed
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 cup cane sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 of a grated nutmeg
1/2 a lemon's worth of juice

Cobbler topping:
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
1 egg, beaten

Put fruit in a bowl and sprinkle cornstarch, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg over the top. Squeeze lemon juice over the top. Stir fruit until cornstarch is combined. Pour fruit into baking dish and set aside.

In the same bowl (no need to rinse) mix flour, baking powder and salt. Add the butter to dry ingredients and work in with a pastry blender. In a 2-cup measuring cup, pour milk and add egg. Beat to combine and add to flour/butter mix. When combined, dollop over the fruit (no need to cover up the fruit completely) and bake for 25-30 minutes at 350. Remove from oven when the top is golden brown and the fruit bubbles. It is delicious plain or served with ice cream, creme fraiche or lightly sweetened whipped cream.