1stick +2 ½ tablespoons(10 ½ tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
1 ¼cupsbuttermilkwell shaken
1-2tablespoonsbuttermilk for brushing over dough
Granulated sugar for sprinkling
Honey for brushing
Red and blue sugar for coating biscuits
Melted white chocolate for brushing
Confectioners’ sugar for dusting the rectangular biscuits
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler Filling
6cupsrhubarbcut into small slices
4cupsstrawberrieschopped
1cup+2 tablespoons granulated sugar
4 ½tablespoonscornstarch
Instructions
Make the Biscuit Dough
Preheat the oven to 425° Fahrenheit.
In a large mixing bowl, using a pastry blender, combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add the butter and using the pastry blender, cut the butter into small, pea-sized pieces.
Put the pastry blender down. Add the buttermilk to the flour and butter mixture and using a large spoon, combine together into a rough dough.
Place the dough onto a floured work surface. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a rectangle approximately ½- ¾ inch thickness.
Using a small, star-shaped cookie cutter, cut out at least 8-10 stars (there will be extra, use the best ones). Place the stars at least 1 inch apart on a parchment lined sheet pan.
Using a pizza cutter, cut out approximately 6 rectangular strips (10 inches long and approximately ½ inch wide).
Using a pizza cutter, cut out approximately 5 rectangular strips (5 inches long and approximately ½ inch wide).
Place strips on the parchment lined sheet pan with the stars, spacing approximately 1-2 inches apart.
Use the remainder of the dough as you wish to make biscuits. Place these biscuits on a separate parchment lined sheet pan.
Using a pastry brush, brush the rectangular pieces with the buttermilk and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Bake the stars and rectangles for approximately 10-15 minutes or until nice and brown.
If the rectangular biscuits have spread too wide, use a pizza wheel or long sharp knife and cut them lengthwise to make them narrower.
Allow to cool.
Dust the rectangular pieces with confectioners’ sugar.
Using a clean pastry brush, coat the tops of half the stars with some honey. Place the red and blue sugars into 2 separate bowls.
Dip 4 of the honey coated stars, honey side down, into the sugars creating 2 of each color. After dipping, place each star back onto the sheet pan, sugar side up.
In a double boiler, a small amount of white chocolate. Using a pastry brush or an offset spatula, coat the top of 2 stars with white chocolate. Set them back on the sheet pan, chocolate side up, to dry.
Make Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler Filling
Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
In a large mixing bowl, combine rhubarb, strawberries, sugar and cornstarch. Blend well.
Spray a 13 x 9” rectangular baking pan with nonstick cooking spray (if your pan is a little bit smaller, that is fine).
Bake the filling for 40-45 minutes or until the fruit is bubbling. Stir the fruit 2-3 times during baking. If the fruit is not bubbling yet, raise the temperature of your oven to 425° Fahrenheit. Continue baking 5 to 10 minutes or until the fruit bubbles and is tender. Remove from oven.
Assembly
Take 3 or 4 of the large rectangular biscuit pieces and lay them lengthwise at the bottom of the long side of the pan with the filling, spacing them approximately ¼ inch apart. Take 3 or 4 of the smaller rectangular pieces and place them above and to the right of the large rectangular pieces. This should form the stripes of the American flag.
Take 6 of the stars (2 of each color) and place them in the upper left-hand corner of the pan.
Scoop out the cobbler after presentation and serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.