Easy Blackberry Cobbler Recipe

When it’s summertime, nothing says “summer” more than a blackberry cobbler. This recipe is so easy you can make one from scratch with just a few simple ingredients like flour, sugar, and milk! You’ll be surprised at how quickly this dessert comes together, too.

The best thing about these cobblers? They’re made either fresh or frozen – whichever your heart desires because they both taste great! That’s also great news because that means that you can enjoy a taste of summer even in the middle of winter thanks to frozen fruit.

If you have a blackberry vine in your yard like I do, the blackberries like to ripen on their own timeline. I can go out one day and pick a handful of blackberries – not enough to make a cobbler. If I put them in the refrigerator and go out daily to gather ripe berries to make a cobbler, there’s the possibility that the older berries will start to rot.

To preserve my blackberries, I wash them off and allow them to completely dry. Then I place them on a baking sheet and freeze them. Freezing them on a baking sheet is a good way of separating the blackberries so they don’t get stuck together, and I can easily transfer them into a zippered sandwich bag once they’re frozen solid.

Now that you know how to preserve blackberries, let’s take a look at how to make a blackberry cobbler from scratch.

How To Make Blackberry Cobbler

For this sweet, southern dessert fav, you need the following ingredients:

• 3 cups blackberries
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 ¼ cups sugar divided
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup butter (1 stick of butter)
• ½ tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Place butter in a 9-in square baking dish and place in the oven to melt. Keep an eye on the butter. You don’t want it to start browning or to burn.

You can use any baking dish that you would like – just make sure that it holds 6 cups.

Measure out 3 cups of blackberries.

Combine (frozen) blackberries, ¼ cup sugar, cornstarch and set aside.

Next, get out a large mixing bowl and whisk together flour, 1 cup sugar, milk, and vanilla. Set the batter aside.

You didn’t forget about the butter in the oven, did you? Remove it from the oven once it has all melted. Spoon or pour the batter over the melted butter.

Next, spoon the blackberries over the batter. It might seem a little backwards, but they will sink down and the batter will cover most of them creating a nice cakey layer. Go ahead and spoon any sugar/cornstarch left in the bowl over the cobbler.

Place the cobbler in the oven and bake for 45 minutes – 1 hour or until golden brown on top. The baking time may vary depending on your oven as well as the size of the baking dish that you use. I recommend that you take a peek at the cobbler at the 40-minute mark.

If the batter seems too “jiggly” in the center and the edges are starting to brown, remove the cobbler from the oven and carefully place aluminum foil over the cobbler. Bake in 5-minute increments to check for doneness.

How To Serve Cobbler

The best way to serve a cobbler is by placing a spoonful into a serving bowl and topping it with some vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

What is your favorite cobbler?