Mmm... Blackberries.

A few weeks ago, Sean, Ethan, my mom, sisters and I took advantage of the blackberry bushes that grow on Sean's grandma's property out in Thurston. We had already missed the cherries, so we wanted to be sure we got at least one berry-pickin' session in this summer! This was Ethan's first taste of the sweet berries and I think he was a fan!

Unfortunately, we were still a little early (and we thought we might have missed them!) - but we did get enough for two YUMMY blackberry cobblers! I always use my Grandma Mary's recipe for cobbler - it's not a traditional biscuit cobbler and you actually put the berries on top of the batter. It's so good - I've included the recipe below for your enjoyment! :)

* Grandma Mary's Fruit Cobbler *

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1 cup flour

1 cup sugar

dash of salt (sorry, not really sure how much that is!)

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

2/3 cup milk

2 small cans peaches (with juice) or 1 can pie filling (cherry and blueberry are good)

(Note: For fresh berries, rinse and add about 1/4 cup sugar to about 2 cups berries - stir in 1 tsp. lemon juice.)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place butter in shallow baking dish (9x13 for thinner cobbler and 8x8 for thicker) and into the oven.

2. Mix flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in large bowl. Stir in milk.

3. Remove baking dish with melted butter from oven and pour in batter.

4. Add fruit evenly throughout batter - DO NOT STIR!! While baking, the batter will cook up over the fruit.

5. Bake 40 minutes or until golden brown.

Delicious served warm with vanilla ice cream!

That night we went for the very first time to Fins drive-in. How have we missed this place?!

Other than Ethan being tired and a little cranky, we had a good time. Excellent diner food - which Sean and I always crave whenever we catch any of that show 'Diners, Drive-ins and Dives' on Food Network.