Fruit Cobbler - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. fruit (may use peaches, nectarines, blueberries, blackberries or Florida sliced pears, home canned or frozen)
1 stick butter
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
1 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt (optional)
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. water

Preparation

Fill 13 x 9-inch baking pan 1/2 full with fruit.
In a large bowl, cream butter and 1/2 cup sugar.
Add milk, mixing together. Stir in flour, baking powder, vanilla and salt (if not using self-rising flour).
Mix well and pour over fruit.
In a small bowl, mix 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water; pour over batter.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour.