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[quote=Anonymous]Really impress them with a fruit cobbler you "just threw together."  No recipe--at least not one where you measure anything.

1.  Get whatever fruit looks not just ripe, but on the edge of overripe.  Berries, cherries, peaches, whatever.  The riper the sweeter.  It's OK if they're about to fall apart--they're going in cobbler.  
2.  Get whatever kind of cookies you like or have on hand.  Ginger snaps work great, but so do sugar cookies, oatmeal cookies, snickerdoodles, whatever.  If you don't have any cookies, use corn flakes.  
3.  (Optional)  Get some nuts, or some rolled oats, or both.

Lightly butter the bottom and sides of a 9x9 square pan (pyrex if you have it).  (Or, if you have individual bakable ramekins, so much the better.  Ikea has them for some ridiculous price like $1.50 each.)   
Dump your fruit in a bowl.  Add a little sugar.  Taste it to know how much.  You want enough fruit to fill your pan (or ramekins) to a depth of about 1" to 1.5".  
Let the bowl of fruit sit for a while to let the juices flow.  Somewhere between 15-30 minutes.  
Meanwhile, heat your oven to 350.  
Then, in another big mixing bowl, dump in your cookies.  Using your hands, or the bottom of a mug, or some favored implement of destruction, smash them to bits.  You want enough of this crumble to cover your pan to a depth of about 1/2".  
Add a couple of tablespoons of softened butter or tub margarine.  Using your (clean) hands, mix the butter and cookies to form a cohesive crumble.  
Depending on how sweet your cookies are, you can add some brown sugar.  Or not.  Taste it.  How much sugar depends how sweet you like it.  If you have no idea, 1/4 cup would be in the ballpark.  
If you're using them, add your rolled oats and/or nuts.  Mix some more.  
Taste the fruit to make sure it's the right sweetness.  What's right?  Whatever tastes good to you.  
Dump the fruit in the pan (or ramekins).
Spread the crumble mix on top.\
Bake until it's bubbly and the crumble mix on top is golden brown, about 20-25 minutes.  
(If you're using individual ramekins, put them on a heavy baking sheet before you put them in the oven.  And they may take less time.  If you're using the square pan, it may take a little more time.)

Let cool, then serve with whipped cream from a can.

When your hosts ask where you learned this, tell them, "Jacques Pepin."  
(I saw this on one of his tv shows, where he said cobbler is a great way to get rid of whatever leftover fruit and cookies you have lying around.  Just add butter, sugar, and bake.)  [/quote]

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