I just put a quart of wild Maine blueberries in the freezer. I know I’ll love having them when it’s frosty outside! They’re a family favorite, whether for pies, muffins, cobbler, pancakes or sprinkled fresh on yogurt or cereal. We love cultivated blueberries, too, but wild berries bring back many special memories. The photo below is of my granddaughter a few years ago in a coastal Maine wild blueberry patch.

My first memory of picking wild blueberries for the first time was a child, too, on a family picnic at Quabbin Reservoir with my parents and six brothers and sisters. Quabbin and its unique history has since become the backdrop for my Swift River Valley series. 

 

In my Sharpe and Donovan suspense series, baking is a way for art crimes expert Emma Sharpe to relax at home on the Maine coast. She takes a moment in the midst of a harrowing case to put a pie in the oven: “Emma could have managed without milk, eggs and bread in the house—there was, after all, a freshly made wild blueberry pie on the counter—but no coffee put her and Colin over the top.” ~ Impostor’s Lure

Here’s Felicity’s recipe for blueberry cobbler. For a printable version, click here. 

Blueberry Cobbler

Ingredients

3 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen, wild or cultivated)

12 tablespoons butter

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 cup sugar (reduce for less sweet cobbler)

1⁄2 cup whole milk

1 large egg

11⁄2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).

Spread 4 tablespoons of the butter, melted, in an 8-inch square pan. Top with the blueberries.

Sprinkle 1⁄4 cup of sugar over the berries.

Add milk and egg to remaining 8 tablespoons of butter, melted. Beat well. Mix flour, salt, baking powder and 1⁄2 cup sugar together in a medium bowl. Stir in the milk, butter and egg mixture. Pour or add by dollops to the top of the berries.

Bake about 30 minutes, until dough is cooked through and berries are bubbling with the sugar melted. May serve upside down, plain, with unsweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy!