Berry Cobbler
This easy old-fashioned berry cobbler recipe includes juicy berries of your choice bursting with flavor, underneath a decadently crisp yet crumbly topping. When served with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream, it’s the perfect cozy fall dessert.
Now, I’m not shy about my love of cobblers on Southern Plate. In fact, I think there’s a cobbler recipe for every mood, whether you want a decadent chocolate cobbler, juicy peach cobbler, or a cream cheese strawberry cobbler. Today, we’re turning our attention toward easy old-fashioned berry cobblers.
One of my favorite parts of this recipe is that you can use any berries you like. They can also be frozen or fresh berries. Today, I’m using frozen blackberries. Now, this is one of those super simple recipes from the old days. Most of the recipes from the old days were simple. The only other ingredients you need are kitchen essentials: sugar, milk, self-rising flour, and butter.
The steps to make my berry cobbler recipe are very simple. We microwave the berries to make them nice and tender and juicy. Then we mix together the cobbler batter before adding that to a baking dish, along with the berries and melted butter. The only thing left to do is bake the cobbler. Now, don’t forget that a berry cobbler isn’t complete without a serving of vanilla ice cream or . I don’t make the rules!
Whether it’s a in your house or a cozy comfort food dish in fall, the combination of the juicy berry filling with the buttery crust is a match made in dessert heaven. Seriously.
I hope you pick someone you love and make them this blackberry cobbler. Because I’m a firm believer that the best dishes aren’t made out of a necessity to eat, they’re made out of love for the person who is going to be eating them.
Ingredients
Ingredients- Self-rising flour
- Sugar
- Milk
- Unsalted butter
- Fresh or erries
How to Make Berry Cobbler
Place your fresh or frozen berries in a bowl. Add about a tablespoon of butter and sprinkle 1/2 cup of sugar over them.
Heat these in the microwave for about a minute or two, until the butter is melted and the berries are warm.
It will look like this.
Give them a taste and make sure they are sweet enough for you.
If they’re still too tart for your taste, you can easily mix in some more sugar to your taste.
In a medium casserole dish, place a stick of butter.
If you don’t have a dish like this, you can just use an 8×8 baking dish instead.
Place that in the microwave for a minute or so until the butter is completely melted.
In a separate bowl, place your sugar and flour.
Stir to combine.
Add in milk.
Then stir that up a bit.
Pour flour mixture over melted butter.
DO NOT STIR.
It’ll look like this, with butter floating on the top.
Pour in your berry mixture.
Again, do not stir.
Sprinkle just a little sugar over the top of it.
Bake at 350 for 50 to 55 minutes.
Add a scoop of ice cream if you like and enjoy your blackberry cobbler!
Storage
- Store leftover cobbler in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. I recommend reheating in the oven briefly to make the top crispy and crumbly again.
- Most cobblers and pies are also okay to freeze for up to 3 months. Just make sure they are cooled and well sealed in cling wrap and then aluminum foil to keep it even more tightly secured. And for convenience, it’s a good idea to store it in the freezer in what you baked it in so you can warm it up easily.
Recipe Notes
- If you like, substitute the granulated sugar for dark or light brown sugar.
- For added sweetness, add a teaspoon of vanilla extract when you mix the milk into the cobbler batter.
- Here’s my guide to making self-rising flour, but you’ll also need salt, baking powder, and all-purpose flour if you make your own.
- For added flavor, mix a teaspoon of ground cinnamon into the cobbler batter.
- Adapt this to make any kind of you like with 2 cups of fresh or of your choice.
- Now, some recipes mix the with a teaspoon of and/or or , but I find the blackberries are tart enough. If you want to add an extra zing though, go right ahead!
Recipe FAQs
What type of berries should I use for this recipe?
You can use any type of berries you like, fresh or frozen. I’m using frozen blackberries for my . YUM!
You can also do a mixed berry cobbler or a and combine blackberries and raspberries, or strawberries and blueberries. Whatever you desire!
What’s the difference between a cobbler and a pie?
I have been asked this question a whole bunch. So here’s the answer. A pie has a bottom crust and a cobbler doesn’t. Now how’s that for an easy answer? Thought you would like that!
How do you serve berry cobbler?
Besides serving it with ice cream, it also tastes great on its own or with whipped cream (here’s my homemade recipe).
You may also enjoy these recipes:
Chocolate Cobbler Recipe (Possible Options for Food Allergies)
Easy Crescent Cherry Cream Cheese Cobbler
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen or fresh berries
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 stick butter or margarine
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Melt the stick of butter in an ovenproof casserole dish in the oven while mixing the other ingredients.1 stick butter or margarine
- Place 1 tablespoon of margarine on top of the berries in a small bowl. Pour 1/2 cup of sugar over the berries and stir. Heat in the microwave for 1 minute so that sugar begins to melt.2 cups frozen or fresh berries, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1 stick butter or margarine
- Mix together flour and sugar until blended. Pour in milk and mix until blended.1 cup milk, 1 cup self-rising flour, 1 cup granulated sugar
- After the butter has melted, take the casserole dish out of the oven and pour the flour mixture on top of the melted butter. Pour the berry mixture on top of the batter. DO NOT STIR! Sprinkle a tablespoon of sugar over the cobbler.
- Place in the oven and cook for 50 to 55 minutes or until golden brown.
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I make an easy cobbler with a recipe from my best friend.
4 cups of fruit
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp flour
1 stick real butter
1 pkg pie crust
fit one of the crust into a 8×8 baking dish. Spread the fruit over the crust, sprinkle the sugar/flour mixture over the fruit. Cut up the stick of butter on this. Put the remaining crust over the top and seal, Bake at 350 until done. You can melt butter and brush on top crust and sprinkle with sugar before baking if you want to. I do must of the time.
Do you have a recipe for a cobbler with pastry dough and 3 layers.
I used to have one that had a middle pastry layer – yummy!
If anyone could post a recipe that would be great!
Yours is great too, I have tried it.
I am looking for this recipe as well
I am LOVIN’ this place!!!! Gotta go..got more browsing to do. Do not change a thing…I think we are sisters from a different mister.
Blackberry cobbler makes me think of my grandma, when my brother and I were teens, we visited her for several weeks every summer. We had a large supply of fresh blackberries and she would make cobblers. My Aunt LaDara gave us a recipe very similar to this that she calls emergency pie.
Christy, I don’t like the seeds from the berries how do you make the cobbler with just the juice of the fruit. Any help would be greatly appreciated. We had beautiful dewberries and have froze the juice for jelly but would love to make a cobbler also. I have also used a recipe like this using peaches or apples and love it. Thanks love your recipes.
Hey Cindy,
Our blackberry bush has loved all this rain this year so I have found some great things to do with our berries. My husband also does not like the seeds so I found this recipe for making this seedless. It is a bit of work but it has been a huge hit. Follow this recipe for the fruit and make the “cake” as Christy has it above. I just swirl the blackberry mix on top of the cobbler mix. Hoe this helps!
4 cups heaping blackberries
water to cover berries
let berries come to a boil and boil for a few minutes to make juice
put cooked berries through a sieve, saving the juice in a large bowl.
Put berry juice back in pan that you cooked berries in.
Add:
1 cup sugar to juice
3 TBSP heaping flour
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter
dash salt
Whisk in and cook until slightly thick.
Christy, I use this recipe to make cobblers often; erry, peach and apple. It’s a great recipe but I always loved my Granny’s the best. I don’t know how she made it (I don’t have the recipe) but it was filled with blackberry dumplings.
Oh…….my………word!!! This is so good! My husband loved it too! I am the apple of his eye because I made him a berry pie!! Love it!!