Iron Skillet Blackberry Cobbler

 IRON SKILLET BLACKBERRY COBBLER

INGREDIENTS

• Pie crust - either homemade or otherwise.  I use a box of 2 refrigerated Pillsbury pie crusts
• about 15 ounces of blackberries
  
• 1 stick butter, melted
• 1 1/3 cups sugar OR 1/8th cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoon of Stevia
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 stick butter, cut into small cubes (to sprinkle onto crust before baking)
• 1/2 cup water

 DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350 F degrees.
   
2. Unroll one pie crust and place in bottom and up sides of  cast iron skillet.
   
3. Take a fork and pierce the bottom and sides of crust in several places.
   
4. Bake for 7 minutes.
5. Remove from oven.
   
6. Increase oven temp to 375 degrees.
   
7. In a large bowl, mix melted stick of butter, 1 1/3 cups sugar (or 1/8th cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoon of Stevia), and all of flour.
   
8. Put blackberries in bowl with the sugar, flour and butter mixture and sugar mixture and toss until blackberries are covered.  Mixture should be crumbly.
   
9. Gently pour blackberry mix into skillet;
10. Sprinkle 1/2 cup water over berries.
    
11. Unroll second pie crust over top of berries, seal crust at the edge of the skillet.
    
12. Take the 1/2 stick of butter, cut into pieces and scatter the pieces on top of the crust.
    
13. With a very sharp knives, cut tiny slits in top of pie crust.
    
14. Bake for about 45 minutes until bubbly at edges and beginning to brown on top.