Recipe for overgrown Zucchini

Still celebrating "National Dessert Month"!  Since it comes at the end of the harvest season, and most folks have those extra large, overgrown Zucchinis and don't know what to do with them - this recipe takes care of that!

Farmer Boy Zucchini Cobbler

Ingredients: (filling)

• 8 Cups of Zucchini, peeled, seeded and diced
• 2/3 Cup of lemon juice
• 1 Cup of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

(Crust):

• 4 Cups of all-purpose flour
• 2 Cups of sugar
• 1 1/2 Cups of cold butter, diced
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

Directions: After preparing the Zucchini, cook in a saucepan, over medium heat, along with the lemon juice, till it is tender (15 - 20 minutes).  Stir in the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Simmer another couple minutes.  Remove from the heat.

In a large bowl, combine the flour and sugar.  Cut in the butter.  Stir 1/2 cup of the mixture into the zucchini mixture. 

Press half of the rest of the crust mixture into a greased baking pan (11 X 13 inches).  Spread the zucchini mixture over this and then sprinkle the remaining crust mixture over the top.  Lightly sprinkle the cinnamon over the entire top.

Bake at 375 degrees F. for 35 minutes, till golden and bubbly.

Just for fun, when you serve this, don't tell anyone what it is - they will guess it to be some sort of fruit cobbler.  Once they have eaten and enjoyed it, you may wish to tell them and they will be quite surprised!  I think everyone will be pleased!

When you make this, please leave a comment here to let us all know how it went.  Thanks. The Old Man in the Bib Overalls