Dried-fruit Cobbler With Molasses Biscuits

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Dairy		Desserts	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Water
1	c	Orange juice
1/3	c	Orange marmalade
16	oz	Mixed dried fruit, 2 bags
		coarsely chopped
1	c	All-purpose flour
1	t	Baking powder
1/4	t	Ground cinnamon
1/8	t	Baking soda
1	ds	Ground cloves
1/3	c	Chilled stick margarine, cut
		into small pieces
2	T	Skim milk
2	T	Molasses
1	T	Orange marmalade
2	t	Water

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine the first 4 ingredients in a 2-quart baking dish; stir well.
Bake at 400    degrees for 30 minutes.  Combine flour, baking powder,
cinnamon, baking soda, and cloves in a  bowl; cut in margarine with a
pastry blender or 2 knives until the  mixture resembles coarse meal.
Combine milk and molasses, and add to the flour mixture, stirring just
until the dry ingredients are moistened.  Turn the dough out onto a
lightly floured surface, and knead 5 or 6  times. Roll dough to
1/2-inch thickness, and cut with a 2-inch  biscuit cutter into 10
biscuits. Remove the fruit mixture from oven,  and arrange biscuits on
top of hot fruit mixture. Bake an additional  20 minutes or until the
biscuits are golden.  Combine 1 tablespoon marmalade and 2 teaspoons
water in a bowl; brush  over biscuits. Yield: 10 servings (serving
size: 1/2 cup fruit  mixture and 1 biscuit).  Per serving: 261
Calories; 7g Fat (22% calories from fat); 3g  Protein; 51g
Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 146mg Sodium  Serving Ideas : Serve
warm.  Recipe by: Cooking Light, Sept. 1995, page 137  Posted to
MC-Recipe Digest V1 #403 by igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 155 Calories From Fat: 55 Total Fat: 6.3g Cholesterol: <1mg Sodium: 124.1mg Potassium: 134.3mg Carbohydrates: 24g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 12.9g Protein: 1.6g