Fresh Sour Cherry Cobbler

Name: Fresh Sour Cherry Cobbler
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (10 ounces/283 grams); 6 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter (cold), cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar for sprinkling; 1 cup, buttermilk; 4 pounds (1.81 kilograms), Morello cherries or Montmorency cherries (about 8 cups); 1 1/4 cup, granulated sugar; 3 tablespoons, cornstarch plus one teaspoon cornstarch; pinch, table salt; 1 cup, dry red wine; , cranberry juice (if needed); 1 , cinnamon stick (3-inches); 1/4 teaspoon, almond extract

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2001, America's Test Kitchen TV

Most cherry cobblers are no more than canned pie filling topped with heavy biscuits. We wanted fresh fruit flavor paired with a tender biscuit topping.

SERVES 12

TIME 1½ hours, plus 30 minutes standing

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