• 2 packages (1 pound each) frozen blackberries
• 1 cups sugar
• 3 Tablespoons corn starch
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Pastry, divided
• ¼ cup butter or margarine, cut up
• Sugar (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 425°.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine blackberries, sugar and cornstarch; let mixture stand 10 minutes or un­til sugar dissolves.
3. Roll half of pastry to ¼-inch thickness; cut into 1½-inch-wide strips. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
4. Bake at 425° for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to a wire rack to cool. Break strips into pieces.
5. Reduce oven temperature to 350º.
6. Spoon half of blackberry mix­ture into a lightly, greased 13-inch-by-9-inch baking dish; top with pastry pieces. Spoon remaining blackberry mixture over pastry; dot with butter.
7. Roll remaining pastry to ¼-inch thickness; cut into 1-inch strips, and arrange in a lattice design over fill­ing. Sprinkle with sugar, if desired. Place cobbler on a baking sheet.
8. Bake at 350º for 50 minutes or until golden. Serve with vanilla ice cream and blackberry syrup, if de­sired.

Yield: 8 servings

Pastry

• 2½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1¾ teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup shortening
• ⅔ cups milk

1. Combine first flour, baking powder and salt ingredients in a medium bowl; cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Add milk, stirring with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened and mixture forms a soft ball.
2. Turn dough out onto a floured surface, and knead 6 to 8 times.

Yield: pastry for 1 (13-inch-by-9-inch cobbler)

Blackberry Syrup

• 3 cups fresh blackberries
• 1¼ cups sugar
• ¼ cup light com syrup
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

1. Process blackberries in a blender until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.
2. Pour through a fine wire-mesh strainer into a medium saucepan, discarding solids.
3. Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Boil, stirring occasionally, 1 minute. Remove from heat; cool.
4. Serve with cobbler, pound cake, fruit, pancakes, or ice cream.