Blackberry Cobbler - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. fresh blackberries
1 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. water
1/2 c. shortening
2 c. self-rising flour
1/2 c. cold water

Preparation

Combine first 3 ingredients in saucepan.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves; set aside.
Cut shortening into flour with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Sprinkle cold water (1 tablespoon at a time) evenly over surface; stir with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Roll about 2/3 of pastry into a 14 x 10-inch rectangle.
Fit pastry into lightly greased 10 x 6 x 2 baking dish.
Spoon in blackberry mixture.
Roll remaining pastry out and cut into strips.
Arrange strips over blackberry filling in lattice pattern.
Bake at 425\u00b0 for 25 minutes or until golden brown.