Bananas Foster Cobbler

As usual, I saw an interesting-looking recipe and changed all but the basic idea.  This is best served warm with a scoop of your favorite version of vanilla ice cream.  I bet Butter Pecan would be good, too!

Ingredients:

Cobbler Base:
1 cup self-rising flour, separated
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup sweetened vanilla almond milk  (or increase sugar to 1 cup, use unsweetened original almond milk,  and add 1 tsp vanilla)
1/2 cup non-dairy margarine, melted

Banana Mixture:
4 medium bananas, pureed (about 2 cups)
3 Tbsp gold rum

Topping:
1 cup quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup non-dairy margarine

**Note: if, like me, you don't have self-rising flour on hand you can make a batch for this recipe by using 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1-1/2 tsp baking powder, 3/4 tsp salt, and 3/8 tsp {1/4 plus 1/8 tsp, if you're like me and fail at fractions : ) } baking soda. Use 1 cup of mixture for the base and the remaining 1/2 cup for the topping.**

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease a 13x9 glass baking dish.

For the cobbler base, combine the 1 cup of flour and white sugar in a medium bowl.  Add the milk and melted margarine and stir until smooth.  Pour into the baking dish and spread evenly.

For the banana mixture, simply stir together the pureed bananas and rum into a creamy, rummy goodness.  Pour onto the cobbler base.  It will sink in, like a marble cake; distribute it evenly but don't worry about mixing them together.

For the topping, combine the oats, brown sugar, and flour in a large bowl.  Use a pastry cutter or large fork to cut the butter into the dry mixture until it's crumbly.  Sprinkle the topping over the bananas and cobbler base evenly.

Bake 25-30 minutes, or until browned and set.  A toothpick will not come out completely clean because of the banana mixture so judge by whether or not the center of the cobbler jiggles like jello.  If it does--bake it another few minutes.  It should be pretty firm when jiggled and the edges will brown and start to pull away from the sides of the pan.  Let cool a bit and serve topped with ice cream.  Enjoy!