With a buttery golden crust, this berry cobbler is the perfect summer dessert to give your days a kick of tartness. Paired with a scoop of ice cream, it’s so good you could eat the whole thing yourself.
Why You’ll Love This Easy Cobbler Recipe
Everyone loves a classic berry cobbler, but here’s why I love this one so much:
- Convenient. Made with a combination of fresh or store-bought ingredients, this cobbler is anything but fussy to make.
- Easy. On the table in less than an hour, making this fruity treat is quite simple even if you’re not a pro home-baker.
- Versatile. You can do this recipe with any fresh berries or fruit you like! You can use a mixture of berries or just one type of berries. You can even use diced apples, peaches, pears, etc.
- A year-round dessert. Don’t worry if it’s not berry season anymore. Use frozen berries help you put it on the table any time of year.
- Crowd-pleaser. Everyone loves buttery, golden pastry and sweet berries. They’re a match made in heaven! This dessert will be a hit at all your gatherings. Don’t forget the vanilla ice cream!
Looking for more ways to make cobbler? How about a crockpot cobbler, berry cobbler with crumb topping, or this easy cobbler with cake mix.
What Goes In Berry Cobbler?
This yummy fruit cobbler uses your favorite berries, whether they’re fresh or frozen. Check the recipe card at the bottom of the post for full ingredient amounts.
- Fresh berries – Use your favorite kind or a combination of them!
- Granulated sugar – Feel free to use light brown sugar instead.
- All-purpose flour – Don’t use bread or cake flour for this.
- Salt
- Pie dough – Try my Homemade Pie Crust, but you can use your own recipe too.
- Butter – I prefer unsalted butter. If you use salted, remove the salt in the rest of the recipe.
- Ground cinnamon
- Vanilla ice cream
Can I Use Frozen Berries?
Absolutely! Allow the berries to thaw fully and then drain them to keep the cobbler from having too much moisture. Never add the berries straight from the freezer to any dessert or batter because they’ll make things very watery.
How To Make Berry Cobbler
This is easy recipe that comes together very quickly. Make sure you have all your ingredients ready to go.
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- Prepare The Berries: Toss together berries, sugar, flour and salt and pour into baking dish.
- Crust: Cut the pie dough into 2-inch squares and arrange on top of the berries. Brush the pie dough with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake: Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is deep golden and berry mixture is bubbly. Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly.
- Serve: Serve cobbler warm with a big scoop of ice cream or whipped cream.
How to Store & Reheat Leftovers
Once fully cooled, refrigerate the berry cobbler in an airtight container for up to 3 days. You can also keep it in the baking dish, but away from any strong-smelling foods like onions to avoid the transfer of odors.
Reheat it in the microwave for up to a minute or until warm. If you’re reheating large portions, do it in the oven. Set it to 350°F and heat it for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Can I Freeze Homemade Fruit Cobbler?
Yes, but it needs to be frozen before baking for best results. If you freeze it after it’s baked, the pie dough will soften too much once thawed.
Assemble the cobbler in a baking dish and then wrap it with plastic wrap twice. Then wrap it in foil once. Freeze it for up to 3 months. When ready to bake, remove the wrapping and pop it into the oven straight from the freezer. Add 15-20 minutes of extra baking time or until nice and golden.
More Fruit Desserts
- Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings
- Pineapple Banana Bread
- Pumpkin Cobbler with Pecans and Caramel
- Crockpot Peach Cobbler
- Pineapple Coconut Bars
- Old Fashioned Banana Pudding with Meringue
- Strawberry Pretzel Pie
- Blueberry Scones
Berry Cobbler Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cups your choice of fresh berries, I used blackberries & raspberries
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 9-inch pie dough (homemade pie crust or store bought)
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Vanilla ice cream, optional
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease a 9×9 baking dish. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, toss together berries, sugar, flour and salt. Pour into prepared baking dish.
- Cut pie dough into 2-inch squares. Arrange squares in a patchwork pattern over berry mixture, leaving openings for steam to escape. Brush dough with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until crust is deep golden and berry mixture is bubbly. Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly. Serve warm with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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This cobbler is so delicious thank you for this recipe!!!
I love this recipe, but am wondering if I could cut the sugar in half. It’s a bit too sweet. How would I adjust the other ingredients??
You can absolutely cut the sugar to whatever amount you prefer, it will still work, even with no sugar! 🙂
That’s great! Thanks so much for letting me know!!
I made this and it was very good…..but drier than expected. Will try less flour next time ☺️
This recipe sounds like the one my mother made when we were kids, I’m making this this weekend
5-Star! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you for sharing your family recipe! I am one of the unfortunate people who did not grow up with cobbler. (We had other awesome foods, just not cobbler.) My daughter requested berry cobbler for her birthday, so I went in search of a recipe and found your’s. It turned out amazing! Also. thank you for the tip on thawing frozen berries on paper towel.
Your title says it all: “The Best Classic Berry Cobbler!” I will be making this again and again!
So glad you enjoyed it!!
Am confused, if I buy a ready made crust do I remove that from the pan & cut it up for the top? Your recipe sounds so yummy & really want to make it but I find the crust part confusing.
Jude, I think you are referring to a frozen pie crust that is in a pie tin. This recipe is referring to the kind that is in the refrigerated section near the Pillsbury crescent rolls and biscuits and such. It’s just a rolled crust in a cardboard box. But there would be no reason why just breaking up the frozen crust (after defrosting) wouldn’t work just as well.
Hi Jude! Yes, use a store bought raw pie crust. Unroll it from it’s packaging and slice it in pieces for the top!
I spent so much time looking at Blackberry cobbler and blackberry pie recipes here on Pinterest. Mini recipes called for vanilla extract, lemon, lemon zest, almond extract, but after reading your thoughts on keeping it simple I went with your recipe even though I had all those other ingredients. I also noticed you called for about twice as much sugar than the other recipes. If I hadn’t done a trial run with another recipe I probably would’ve skipped over your recipe thinking it had too much sugar in it. But I believe you’re one 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of berries is perfect. I also noticed other recipes using tapioca, cornstarch. I had both of those, but went with your flour. as far as the top pie crust is concerned I decided on a pie crust homemade from Pinterest that claim to be super buttery and flaky with no Crisco in it. They said it was better and I believed it. I’m almost thinking it’s not worth the effort in that a store bought crust for this particular recipe is all you would need. Because you’re just putting the little 2 inch squares on the top. Which by the way looks really attractive. I’m making this for my dad for Father’s Day. As a kid we would pick blackberries in this was my dad‘s favorite dessert. On my test run making a cobbler my husband loved it, but I did not. Not only was it not sweet enough but the cobbler soaked up the juices. I don’t know why you can’t find a good blackberry cobbler/pie. I do know that Cracker Barrel has one and it is decent. I used fresh berries from the market. I do find myself wondering with fresh berries off the vine would do to improve it? Probably that would be even better? It’s been over 40 years since I’ve picked blackberries. I’m 52. I use 10 cups of berries For this big beautiful white casserole looking dish with handles. I picked it up new at Meijer grocery store. It looks like white ironstone. Because this is for my dad I’m going to have to go back to the store and get berries and remake this because I’m super curious what experience I would get from a real serving of this Topped with vanilla ice cream. My dad loves graters ice cream. So I’ll get that but I also love Aglamesis vanilla! French pot vanilla ice cream Yum. I believe all ingredients should be quality. Thank you for the recipe. It really was a hoot as I went through so many and finally decided on yours. I’m glad I did.
Hope you and your dad enjoyed it!
My husband said to throw all other cobbler recipes away. This was hands down the best! I did change it up just a tad. I cooked it in a skillet and since the rollout pie crust had 2 in the box, I put one on the bottom and cut up the other.
Can you use frozen berries?
This cobbler recipe does not have any crust on the bottom? Did I read that correctly?
Yes! This is how my grandmother always made it – only crust is on top. Keeps the focus on the berries!
I made this today and it was very good but not any juice. . Any recommendations
Hi Margaret! The amount of juice depends on how juicy your berries are that you use. If they are less juicy, I would use a little less flour. Glad you still enjoyed it! 🙂
I made this last night and we devoured it. It’s so good and super easy – my favorite kind of recipe! Thank you!
this is wonderful! Just the right amount of crust. (I used Pillsbury). Could I do this same recipe with peaches? BTW my berries were very sweet so I cut the sugar to 1/2 Cup.
So glad you liked it! And yes, you can do the same thing with any fruit! Just make sure to try to get out any excess juice!
Looks great!
This berry cobbler looks fantastic and perfect for this time of year as summer approaches 🙂 So pinned!
Well, I’ve never made cobbler, so this is a great share for me 🙂 Also I love that yellow dish!
I wish I had some of my grandmother’s recipes but sadly, I don’t. I’m not even sure if she used them. I think this sounds very good. I might try a mix of berries. Thank you!! Pinned it!
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My grandma made strudels and cakes. I go love a cobbler tho’! I’m trying this one as soon as berries go on sale again!
It looks fabulous!