Blueberry Cobbler is a classic summer dessert with a warm fruit filling and golden topping, easy to make and delicious served with ice cream.
When it comes to fresh blueberry Dessert Recipes, it’s hard to beat go-to classics like Blueberry Muffins, Blueberry Pie and this easy fruit cobbler. Try it this summer!
Sabrina’s Blueberry Cobbler Recipe
Just like a fresh Peach Cobbler, this old-fashioned dessert is easy to make and is a crowd pleaser, especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! When the warm sweet fruit filling oozing up through the buttery cake-like biscuits meets the creamy melted ice cream, it’s like magic in your mouth.
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Ingredients
Filling
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 cups fresh blueberries
Topping
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat an 8×8 baking dish with baking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix the orange juice with 3 tablespoons sugar, then add the blueberries. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In a stand mixer, cream the butter and ½ cup sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg and vanilla extract.
- Mix the flour mixture into the batter gradually.
- Drop spoonfuls of batter over the blueberry mixture evenly.
- Bake in oven for 35-40 minutes, or until topping is lightly browned.
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About this Recipe
A Blueberry Cobbler is one of the best ways to use fresh blueberries, especially when they go on sale and you can get several pints at a time. It’s an inexpensive summer dessert that takes almost no time to come together with simple pantry ingredients you have on hand. Plus, there’s a hack below to make it even easier with cake mix!
Chef’s Note
My cobbler recipe is so easy it can be made in one pan and with fresh or frozen blueberries, meaning you can make it whenever a craving hits! Unlike a lot of blueberry recipes, you don’t have to thaw frozen fruit for cobbler. The extra juice in frozen blueberries will just make your filling more syrupy… and you can drizzle that extra sauce on the ice cream.
How to Store
- Serve: Cobbler is best served warm, but allow it to cool for 10-15 minutes so the filling isn’t super hot. Keep at room temperature for up to 2 hours.
- Store: Cover baking dish with plastic wrap or foil after the cobbler has completely cooled so moisture does not collect. Refrigerate for up to 5 days.
- Freeze: Once the cobbler is cooled, wrap pan tightly with plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator and reheat in the oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
Ideas to Serve Blueberry Cobbler
You should definitely serve this cobbler with Vanilla Ice Cream or Homemade Whipped Cream! If you want to make the biscuit topping a little sweeter, brush the batter with heavy cream and sprinkle turbinado sugar before baking. Turbinado sugar is large light brown sugar crystals and will add crunchy, sweet bits to every bite.
Alternative Cooking Techniques
Slow Cooker Blueberry Cobbler
- Grease a 4-6 quart slow cooker with butter.
- Add blueberries, orange juice, sugar, and 1 tablespoon cornstarch to crock pot. Stir to combine.
- Prepare biscuit topping and drop by spoonfuls over berry filling.
- Cover slow cooker with paper towels (to absorb moisture) and secure lid.
- Cook on low 3-4 hours, or on high 2-2 ½ hours, or until the topping has puffed and set.
Variations
- Berries: You can mix in other fruits or berries to Blueberry Cobbler. This is a great way to use half bags of frozen fruit or berries in your freezer!
- Buttermilk: For a tangy, buttermilk biscuit topping replace ¼ cup of butter with buttermilk and use cold butter to cut into the topping.
- Lemon: Add lemon juice and lemon zest to the blueberry filling to bring out the blueberry flavor and add a little tartness.
- Cornstarch: If you like a thicker cobbler filling, toss the blueberries with 1 tablespoon cornstarch before adding the sugar and orange juice.
- Cake Mix Blueberry Cobbler: Replace the topping ingredients with one box of yellow or vanilla cake mix. Sprinkle dry cake mix over filling, pour 1 cup of melted butter over the top, and bake as usual.
Texas Style Blueberry Cobbler
- Melt ½ cup butter and pour into the bottom of the baking dish.
- Whisk together topping ingredients (minus butter) with 1 cup milk.
- Pour mixture over melted butter and top with blueberry filling, without mixing.
- Bake as usual, until center is set and edges are golden brown. Batter will rise up and around blueberries.
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Great recipes! So many, its hard to pick !
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I love a classic blueberry cobbler, and this recipe is so great! It’s really simple and pretty with the biscuit topping. And I love the idea of adding orange juice to the filling!
Thanks for the 5 stars, Kait.
Super easy to make and such a fabulous looking dessert.
Thanks, Andrea!
Love the idea of adding lemon juice and jest to the berries and using cake mix. Such an easy instant refreshing summer dessert.
It just adds a bit of extra! Enjoy!
I am saving this recipe for when it gets cool enough to turn on the oven. I have never made a cobbler before, but this one looks like a winner!
Enjoy!