Sour cherries are tart little cherries that are delicious in pies, jams, sauces and my favourite Jack Daniel's Sour Cherry Cobbler!
I have the most spectacular Evans cherry tree growing in my yard. In addition to the most beautiful spring blossoms, it produces an abundance of cherries. Sour cherry trees are very hardy and grow well in the cool Canadian prairies. Sour cherries are quite tart and most people find them a little too sour to eat, but they are perfect for baking, jellies, sauces. My recipe for Easy Sour Cherry Sauce is fantastic on cheesecake and ice cream.
Sour cherries are incredibly healthy and make a great infused water like my Sour Cherry Antioxidant water. It is refreshingly tart!
Can you omit the Jack Daniel's in Sour Cherry Cobbler?
The Jack Daniel's adds some great flavor, but if you prefer the cobbler still tastes great without it.
Tips for making the perfect cobbler.
I prefer fresh ripe cherries, but frozen sour cherries will work as well.
Marinate the cherries in the sugar and Jack Daniel's for a couple of hours, then drain off the extra liquid.
If you prefer the sour cherry cobbler a bit sweeter add ¼ to ½ cup more sugar.
When combining dough, don't over-mix. The dough should be slightly sticky and large clumps.
Drop the dough onto the cherry mixture using a tablespoon. Leave in clumps, do not spread out.
Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Jack Daniel's Sour Cherry Cobbler
Ingredients
- Filling
- 6- 8 cups sour cherries pitted
- ½ cup Jack Daniel's
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoon Minute Tapioca
- Cobbler Topping
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cold unsalted butter
- ¾ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Combine cherries, Jack Daniels and ½ cup sugar in large baking dish (I use 9 x 13 pan so all the cherries are covered with the marinade. Marinate cherries for about an hour, stirring occasionally.
- Drain off excess liquid.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, ½ cup sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Cut ¾ cup of chilled butter into small cubes.
- Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it looks like large course crumbs.
- Gradually pour in the cream and mix just until the dough comes together. Do Not overwork, the dough should be slightly sticky and large clumps.
- Melt ¼ cup of butter in a 10 inch round pan or 9x9 square pan (I used oven for this).
- Stir tapioca into drained cherries.
- Add the cherry mixture on top of the melted butter (do not stir).
- Sprinkle with a bit more sugar if you like the cherries sweeter.
- Drop the dough by tablespoons over the cherries. Leave in clumps, do not smooth out.
- Brush the top with some cream and sprinkle with sugar.
- Place baking pan on cookie sheet (to catch any liquid that bubbles over)
- Bake 50-60 mins in 350º oven. The top should be golden brown and fruit bubbling.
- Serve warm with scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipping cream.
Nutrition
Another great cobbler recipe to try is my Apple Cobbler.
Now What
If I had these gorgeous cherries and Jack Daniels, I'm pretty sure they would have not made it to the cobbler stage...'just sayin..Looks delicious!
Laureen King
I'm curious to what stage they may have got... ha ha. Maybe sour cherry juice in the Jack Daniel's; reminds me of something I may have drank back in high school with a special friend.
Anonymous
Oh my, I can't WAIT to try this!! I don't drink but hey, I can maybe chew on some woozy cherries. I'll let you all know how it works out :}
Laureen King
You can always eliminate the Jack Daniel's, it will still taste great!
Carole
Hi Laureen, just popped over to let you know that your link to Food on Friday: Scallops was featured in my Need Some Inspiration? Series today. Cheers
Laureen King
Thanks Carole that is awesome!!
Tara
I am so drooling over this gorgeous cobbler, nicely done!!!
Laureen King
Thank you Tara!
Gail Dickinson
Wish cherries grew in Texas so I could pick my own. I love cherry pie and this cobbler looks amazing!
Laureen King
Thank you Gail, we can only grown Evans Cherries (sour cherries). I love them but you have to sweeten them up a bit more.
Caroline Csak
I'm going to try this for my book club tomorrow night as it ties in well with the book we just read, and I have mountains of pitted Evan's cherries in the freezer. Normally I'm too lazy to pit them, and make jelly or syrup, but this year I did so can try other recipes.
Laureen King
I wish I could be at your book club lol, Enjoy!
Linda Wallace
Will this work in a slow cooker or crock pot instead?
Laureen King
Hello Linda, no it would not, the cobbler has to bake.
Judith Mack
First of all, I love this recipe! The possibilities are endless for variations. I ended up putting the marinaded cherries in the fridge overnight as I was exhausted after pitting 4 gallons! Saved the marinade after draining the cherries and made a tasty cocktail over ice with Vernor's ginger ale.
The only change I really made was adding some toasted sliced almonds to the cherries. Have a huge Costco bag so I'm putting them in everything these days.
Next time I make this, and I know I will, I am going to try soaking the cherries in amaretto instead of Jack Daniels.
Again, I will add toasted almonds to the cherries and substitute a bit of almond flour for the regular flour. I might put a bit of lemon zest in the topping as well.
Thank you for a most excellent recipe!
Laureen King
Thank you Judith, and you are right, the possibilities are endless.
Karen Nowak
Excellent and very easy. We love cherry pie, but since it's just the 2 of us, the bottom crust gets soggy and yucky before we can finish it. This is every bit as good as cherry pie, without the sogginess. My only suggestion is to use a bit more thickener as I would have liked the cherry mixture to have more body.