Ingredients

• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 3 pounds plums, pitted and quartered (about 10 cups)
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• Pinch fine salt
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch fine salt
• 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 3/4 cup half-and-half
• Serving suggestions: confectioners' sugar and vanilla ice cream

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Instructions

1. For the filling: Whisk together the cornstarch and 1/4 cup water in the insert of a 6-quart slow cooker. Add the plums, granulated sugar and salt, and stir to combine.
2. For the topping: Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add the butter and rub the mixture together with your fingers to form a coarse meal with some pea-size lumps. Add the half-and-half, and stir with a wooden spoon to form a wet dough.
3. Drop small spoonfuls of the dough over the plum mixture. Cover the slow cooker with a lid, and cook on high heat until the cobbler is bubbly and the biscuits are cooked through, 3 to 4 hours.
4. Rest the cobbler for 20 minutes. Spoon the cobbler into serving bowls, and then sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream to serve.