Best Blueberry Cobbler Recipe is a juicy blueberry dessert that comes together in 10 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream!
No gathering is ever a one person show. My friend Kristy and I hosted a dinner together, because it’s just easier when you don’t have to do it all yourself. And friends, I want to tell you about my new book out this year, Big Boards for Families! You can preorder it now!
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Best Blueberry Cobbler Recipe
We made a few salads, toasted bread in the oven, and served a summer-fresh Best Blueberry Cobbler Recipe. Perfect for a hot night with vanilla ice cream. [If you really want to serve it right, make my mom’s Old-Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream recipe.]
Blueberry Cobbler
Truly, sharing the load for a dinner party makes it a lot more fun. When Kristy said, I’ll bring dessert, I knew she was bringing Grandma Roth’s Blueberry Cobbler.
Everyone has a “family” cobbler recipe, right? The church that Kristy and I grew up in has a church cookbook and it’s full of cobbler recipes. Many my mom made, too.
This blueberry cobbler just screams summer!! You can make ahead or serve it warm out of the oven with vanilla ice cream.
Whipped cream is also delish on top!
Ingredients for making blueberry cobbler
Blueberries (you can use fresh or frozen)
Lemon
Butter
Milk
Sugar
Salt + baking powder
Flour
Vanilla extract
Cornstarch
The secret is the 2 cups of boiling hot water that you pour over the mixture right before baking.
So moist and delish!
It’s also “peach” season so if you love a yummy-almond crust, then try my Peach Blueberry Cobbler!
Our Crossfit ladies came, our common interest being that we all work out together in the same Crossfit gym. These ladies are so dear to my heart.
And everyone loved the dessert.
How do you make a blueberry cobber?
Spray a 9×13 cake pan. On the bottom, lay the blueberries and juice of 1 lemon.
In a medium bowl, mix together the melted butter, milk, 1 cup sugar, salt, baking powder, flour, and vanilla. Spread the mixture over the fruit.
In the same bowl, add the remaining 1 cup of sugar and cornstarch. Mix together and sprinkle on top of the cobbler mixture.
Over the entire cobbler pour 2 cups of boiling water.
Bake and serve warm with vanilla ice cream or fresh whipped cream.
The beauty of food
But here’s the beauty of food. It connects and binds and makes us laugh and tell our stories. [Table details below: MacKenzie-Childs Enamelware Courtly Check Dinner Plates (affiliate link), orange glasses from Ginger’s Kitchenware (downtown Bend, OR), tablecloth from Target, my husband made me the bench!]
As a hostess, I love to look around the table and see those rich connections made between people we love.
Honestly, friends, why do I host so much?
The people who come into our homes are important. They count. They matter.
Hosting is not what we do, but how we love.
So set out some good food and start inviting and making new friends, or invite some friends who’ve been in your life for years!
Like fruit pies, a cobbler does not need to be refrigerated. Cover the cooled cobbler well, then leave it on the counter for up to 1 day. If you need to keep your cobbler for a longer time, refrigerate it for up to 3 days.
The result is a soupy cobbler with a soggy top. Try this: Add one to two tablespoons of cornstarch to the filling. Partnered with a little sugar and lemon juice, this will make a lush sauce for the fruit. When baking, be sure the filling is bubbling-hot to ensure the cornstarch is cooked enough to thicken.
Try this: Because the cobbler topping is a variation on a quick bread, we can take its temperature to ensure doneness. A probe thermometer inserted in the center of the cobbler should reach 200°F in the thickest part of the topping.
You may also thicken the Peach Cobbler filling with double the amount of flour. This, however, is more likely to produce a gummy filling. Can you overcook peach cobbler? Yes, you don't want to overbake Peach Cobbler or the peaches can become mushy.
Peach cobbler isn't the kind of dessert that you can just reheat the next day without it getting soggy. Cobblers contain a lot of moisture, so if you want to make one ahead, prep and store the filling and topping separately in the refrigerator and then bake off the cobbler when ready to serve.
As a general rule of thumb, most fruit pies and cobblers are fine to be left out overnight at room temperature as long as they are covered. If the pies contain dairy or eggs, then you should store them in the fridge.
The method for the topping goes like this: Combine equal parts flour and sugar, and add enough melted butter to make a dough. This makes a very sweet cobbler with a topping somewhere between a sugar cookie and pie crust.
Add milk slowly to the dry cobbler mix, you don't want your batter too runny. If the mixture is too thick you can add more milk, but you want the batter the consistency of a thick cake or brownie batter. Since this recipe is going to sit on a pantry shelf, we're using all-purpose flour.
Use your probe thermometer! According to Kitchn, when the center of your cobbler reaches 200 degrees F, it's done. Since you have a tool that ensures your cobbler is cooked through, there's one more tip that will make your cobbler experience even better. Let your cobbler rest for a bit before serving.
Raw, the batter will look a little sparse when dolloped on top of the peaches, but it will rise and spread out as it cooks. If you use enough batter to completely cover the fruit, you'll end up with a cobbler that's far too bready, more like an upside-down cake.
The biggest difference is that a cobbler is so easy to make (easier than pie!). While a pie is made with a bottom crust and often a top crust, the dough and the fruit filling cook together in a cobbler.
You take a clean tooth pick and poke it into the batter section of the cobbler. If the toothpick comes out clean, it's done. If there's raw batter clinging to it, bake it for a bit longer. This is the same thing you do when testing to see if a cake is done.
Does peach cobbler need to be refrigerated? Yes, leftover peach cobbler should be stored covered in the refrigerator. It will help keep the cobbler topping from getting too mushy. It will keep in the refrigerator for 2 or 3 days.
If your oven bakes hot, make an adjustment in the recipe, but if your oven doesn't bake as hot as you'd like it do, bake cobbler at a slightly higher heat to encourage bubbling and browning.
Once completely cooled, cover the dish with the fruit and store in the fridge; store the topping in a covered container at room temperature. Before serving, spread the topping over the jammy fruit filling and reheat for about 15 minutes in a 350°F oven.
To store leftover cobbler, place in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to a week. To reheat leftovers in the oven, bake at 400°F for 15-20 minutes.
Store leftover cobbler covered, in the fridge for 4-5 days. To reheat peach cobbler, use the microwave or oven. To reheat in the oven, remove it from the fridge and allow it to come to room temperature.
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