Old-Fashioned Blueberry Cobbler
“A Southern, old-fashioned blueberry cobbler made with fresh blueberries in a fluffy-style cobbler crust.”
Visual learner? Watch me make this Old-Fashioned Cobbler from start to finish!
Hey, remember when I said blackberry cobbler was my favorite kind of cobbler? I then I said no, scratch that, peach cobbler is my favorite?
And then I said hole’up strawberry cobbler for the win!!
Well, I take it back. I take it all back.
Because I’m head over heels in love with this blueberry cobbler. My gawd from Zion how did I forget what blueberry cobbler does to my soul! It’s like eating a giant blueberry muffin only better! It’s fluffy, cakey, and slightly biscuity, yet gooey from all of those fresh blueberries.
Throw on some vanilla ice cream when it’s hot out of the oven, and it’s just… almost too much comforting goodness to handle.
Blueberries are everywhere in NC right! The Farmers Market is overflowing with the best local blueberries and is pretty cheap.
Fresh and cheap? Now we’re speaking my language!
I racked up like always. Something about local berries on sale makes me go crazy and I always end up getting more than I know what to do with.It’s kinda like when the forecast is calling for a snowstorm and people feel the need to stock their fridge and pantry with bread and milk.
Yeah, only I do this with berries in the summertime. Pray for me.
I keep saying I’m going to plant a blueberry bush since my boys love them so much, but I know I would only kill the poor plant. Oh well, can’t win them all!
Fruit cobblers are usually my summer dessert of choice because they are so easy to make and a great way to use up berries. If you like cobblers and haven’t tried a blueberry cobbler yet, now is the time sista!
Get yourself some ripe, fresh blueberries and make this here cobbler.
And don’t forget the vanilla ice cream. Summer is almost over, it’s totally ok to start working on your Fall/Winter love handles.
I am!
Get the Recipe: Southern Blueberry Cobbler
Ingredients
- 3 cups ripe, fresh blueberries
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
- 1 cup almond milk, can use regular but almond is yum in this for some reason
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Generously butter a 1.8-liter baking dish. Set aside.
- In a large bowl add blueberries, lemon zest, and 1/4 cup sugar.
- Toss to coat the blueberries in sugar, while mashing a few blueberries so that they release juices and create a light syrup. Set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar.
- Add butter, almond milk and vanilla extract, if using.
- Stir gently just until flour is combined. The batter will be a bit lumpy which is perfect.
- Pour batter into prepared dish.
- Spoon the blueberries in a single layer on top of batter (do not stir blueberries in)
- Shake the dish gently so the blueberries settle into the batter a little.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the middle is set. (Be careful not to overbake)
- Let cool for 5-10 minutes.
It is quite unnecessary to mash a blueberry, as it cooks it produces the juice. For REAL cobbler, don’t add butter to the flour mixture. You meld 1 stick of butter into the bottom of your cobbler pan. Pour the flour sugar vanilla extract batter,( like thin pancake batter), OVER the melted butter layer then sprinkle all the blueberries over the batter layer then stick it in the oven. This comes out buttery gooey perfect. If the batter is not like thin pancake mix add more a little more milk. No one wants a cake like cobbler for if its cake like it is NOT a real cobbler. Follow these tips with her recipe to ensure the gooey goodness. Just cook until it is bubbly and the top is well browned.
My first blueberry cobbler. I used regular milk but i wanted the almond flavor so i did half vanilla and half almond extract. this was so good.
We’re not even blueberry eaters, but we loved this! My family gobbled it right up; you may have changed our minds on blueberries. Thanks for a great, simple recipe! I look forward to trying out others on your site.
This was DISRESPECTFULLY delicious!! I laughed a few time while eating. A treat that makes me happy. Thank you!
ahahaha! I’m so glad you enjoyed!
Can I use frozen, blueberries are hard to find where I live, and this looks too good to resist!!!!
i did and it came out fine
This was freaking delicious!!