Last summer and fall, I can’t even begin to tell y’all how many requests we got for cobblers. I’m not sure if cobblers are largely a regional dessert or something, but aside from the traditional Dutch oven “cobbler” where you dump a box of cake mix, a can of fruit, and a can of Sprite into the Dutch oven and wait 30 minutes until it’s Business Time, I hadn’t eaten much cobbler. But I figure it’s full of things I like, so how could I go wrong?
I literally made this berry cobbler up as I went along. Cream? Good. More cream? Better. Lemon zest? Why not? It was truly a kitchen experiment– one that went pretty darn well!
Ingredient Notes
- Berries – I used a frozen mix of blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. Feel free to use any fresh or frozen fruit you’d like. No need to thaw the frozen fruit beforehand, either.
- Cream – I used heavy cream, but regular whipping cream would probably work just as well.
- Butter – Use real butter.
How To Make Berry Cobbler
- For the crust, you’ll need flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, eggs, cream, and butter. You can also add the zest of 1 lemon or orange if you want. Toss it all in a bowl and whisk it up.
- Then take your cold butter and a cheese grater and grate that sucker. Look how pretty! Gently fold the butter into the flour mixture so it is light and crumbly.
- Crack open two eggs and give them a whisk. Add them to the flour/butter mixture and stir until just combined. Then add the cream and mix everything together until you form a wet dough.
- Lightly press some of the dough into the bottom of the pan and set it aside.
- Now, take some berries, toss with brown sugar, and spread the berries over the “crust.” Drop the remaining dough over the berries and set aside.
- Now…I’m using the streusel topping from our blueberry muffins, so if you like that, then I’m willing to bet my cat you’ll like it here, too! Mix together some sugar, a bit of flour, and cinnamon. Cut in a few tablespoons of butter until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle it over the dough-topped berries and then pop the whole pan into the oven. Bake it for 45-55 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and the dough is cooked through.
Serve warm with sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I make this ahead of time? While this berry cobbler is best served warm, fresh out of the oven, it can certainly be eaten later. If made within about 8 hours of serving, simply cover with plastic wrap and leave on the counter until ready to serve. Any longer that that, and it should be transferred to the refrigerator.
Related Recipes
Looking for similar desserts? Try this Blueberry Boy Bait or Skillet Blackberry Cobbler. Blackberry-Peach Crisp or Classic Apple Crisp are great choices as well!
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Berry Cobbler
Ingredients
- COBBLER
- 3 cups all-purpose flour lightly spooned into the measuring cup and leveled with a knife
- 1/4 teaspoon table salt
- 2 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup 1 stick salted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup heavy cream
- zest of one lemon or orange optional
- 4 cups berries I like blueberries and/or blackberries
- 1/2 cups brown sugar
- STREUSEL TOPPING
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons butter at room temperature
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a 9x13" baking dish and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, and citrus zest. Set aside.
- Using a cheese grater, grate 1 cold stick of butter. Lightly toss the butter with flour mixture until it's mixed evenly and crumbly (don't over-mix here). Whisk the eggs and then lightly toss them with the flour/butter mixture until evenly absorbed. Add in the cream and mix until combined; the mixture should be quite sticky and a little lumpy (kind of like biscuit dough). Lightly press about 1 1/2 cups of the dough mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan and set it aside.
- Toss the berries with the brown sugar and spread it over the prepared "crust." Drop the remaining dough over the berries and set aside.
- Whisk together the sugar, flour, and cinnamon for the streusel topping. Cut in the butter until the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over the dough and bake for 45-55 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the crust is cooked through. Serve warm with sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
Questions & Reviews
Would I be able to use half and half instead of heavy cream? I have some I need to use! Thanks!
Has anyone tried peaches? I have fresh peaches that are destined for a cobbler…would this recipe work?
so i’m 40 wks prego, chasing around 20 month old twins… and my aunt just made this for us and brought over. O.M.G. so good! i’ve always thought i make a pretty good cobbler, but this is crazy good!
Is this crust more like a pie crust or cake/biscuit type?
Mindy, it’s more like heaven. 🙂 It’s a really rich, sweet, lovely biscuit-type crust, but calling it a biscuit doesn’t do it justice.
I made this using freshly-picked strawberries. I left off the streusel (not really a fan). I liked the results, though I felt like it wasn’t a real cobbler since the cake-y part was crispy instead of a bit soggy, the way cobbler usually is. My favorite cobbler recipe involves dumping boiling water with bits of butter in it over the top before putting the whole thing in the oven. Yum!
I just made this with peaches, didn’t change anything else and it was probably the best peach cobbler I’ve ever had!
Love, love , LOVE this recipe – and I’m not a cobbler fan, usually. I used this in a larger 9×13 (I don’t know, 10×14?) and it was plenty of dough. I used canned peaches, drained and a can of berry pie mix – well because that’s what I had on hand and I need a dessert for a social. It was SO delicious and the first thing gone!! Thanks!
Made this today with fresh picked blackberries. YUMMY! I am a Southern girl and it definitely qualifies as cobbler (even with a bottom crust). I love the bottom curst idea, by the way. 🙂
Now that it is time to pick wild blackberries, I’m going to try this in the jars I use to make the pie in the jar. I’ll let you know how it turns out and then I can call it cobbler in the jar.
I am in charge of feeding 45 people at a youth conference. We will be camping in the mountains. Do you have any good dutch oven recipes?