Easy Fruit Cobbler Recipe
This easy fruit cobbler recipe pairs a sweet fruit filling with a buttery, cake-like topping made from scratch.
Use peaches, berries, or a combination of your favorites for a simple dessert recipe made with everyday baking ingredients.
You don’t need to roll out dough or make a pie crust. Just mix the filling, stir together the batter, and spoon it over the fruit before baking.
Fresh fruit works well when it’s in season, while frozen or canned fruit makes this a convenient dessert throughout the year.
Serve your cobbler warm with vanilla ice cream or a spoonful of whipped cream.
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What Is Fruit Cobbler?
This classic baked dessert combines a sweet fruit filling and a biscuit or batter topping. This version uses a pourable homemade batter that bakes into a soft, cake-like layer over the fruit. There’s no bottom crust, so it takes less preparation than a traditional fruit pie.
Choosing Fruit for Your Cobbler
Peaches and berries are easy starting points for homemade fruit cobblers. You can use one fruit or combine a few for a mix of sweet and tart flavors.
- Peaches or nectarines: Remove the pits and slice into evenly sized pieces.
- Blueberries or blackberries: Use on their own or combine with other berries.
- Strawberries: Hull and slice before mixing into the filling.
- Cherries: Remove the pits before using.
- Apples or pears: Peel if desired and slice thinly. Firmer fruit may need extra cooking time to become tender.
For frozen fruit, thaw and drain before measuring. Drain canned fruit, too, and adjust the filling’s sugar if the fruit was packed in syrup.
Peaches, blueberries, blackberries, and cherries are good choices because they soften as they bake and make a flavorful filling. Mixed berries also work well. Apples and pears are another option, but slice them thinly so they cook through before the topping gets too brown.
Start with flavorful fruit, control excess liquid, and bake until both the filling and topping are cooked through. Drain thawed or canned fruit, mix the batter just until combined, and look for bubbling filling and a golden topping with no wet batter underneath. Let the cobbler rest before serving so the juices have time to thicken.
For this recipe, whisk together 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon salt. Stir in 1 cup milk and ½ cup melted butter just until combined. Spoon or pour the batter over the prepared fruit filling, then bake as directed.
Yes. Thaw and drain frozen fruit before using it in this recipe. Drain canned fruit well, and start with less sugar in the filling if it was packed in syrup. Use plain fruit rather than prepared pie filling, which already contains sweetener and thickener.
A cobbler has a biscuit-style or cake-like topping. A crumble has a loose topping made from ingredients such as flour, sugar, and butter. A topping that includes oats is often called a crisp.
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More Easy Cobbler Recipes and Ideas
Try these fruit cobblers next:
- Crockpot Blueberry Cobbler lets the slow cooker handle dessert while you finish dinner.
- Air Fryer Peach Cobbler is a smaller dessert you can make without turning on the oven.
- Peach Cobbler Cupcakes bring peach cobbler flavor to individual cupcakes that are easy to serve and share.
How to Make Fruit Cobbler
Ingredients
- 6 cups fresh, frozen, or canned fruit (peaches, berries, apples, etc.)
- ½-¾ cup sugar (adjust to fruit sweetness)
- 2 tbsp cornstarch or flour for thickening
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup milk or cream
- ½ cup butter melted or cut in cold
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- In a bowl, mix fruit, ½ cup sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon. Spread evenly in the baking dish.
- In another bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Stir in milk/cream and butter until blended.
- Spoon or pour the topping over the fruit.
- Bake for 35–45 minutes, until the crust is golden and the filling is bubbling.
- Cool slightly before serving. Enjoy with ice cream or whipped cream.
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