Master Recipe

Cobbler with Butter Cookie Dough Topping

NOTE: Although a bit unconventional, the sweet sugar cookie topping is our favorite. Spoonfuls of dough are dropped over the fruit filling and melted in the oven to form a golden brown crust with bits of fruit and juices bursting through in places. The topping is quite sweet, so go lightly on the sugar in the fruit filling. Serves four to six.

  ¹/₂    cup all-purpose flour

  ¹/₄    teaspoon baking powder

     Pinch salt

  8    tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

  ¹/₂    cup sugar

  1    large egg yolk (use whole egg if doubling recipe)

  ¹/₄    teaspoon vanilla box

  1    recipe Fruit Fillings for Cobblers (see )