Best Ever Blueberry Cobbler

Prep time: 22 mins – Cook time: 38 mins – Total time: 1hr – Yield: 7 servings

This Best Ever Blueberry Cobbler is a great dessert option anytime. Not only will you delight in its flavors, but the texture is unimaginably good. Oh my gosh! This cobbler recipe was so amazing! The best thing about this recipe is that it is prepared in a very short time, yet the result is exquisite. If you are a fan of blueberries, this dessert will definitely be among your favorites. It’s also really versatile and works well as part of almost any meal or cuisine.

A lot of the ingredients help enhance the flavor of the blueberries, making them shine in each bite, especially that little bit of orange juice. Have a piece of the cobbler with lunch or dinner, or have it as a snack. This could be a good potluck dish, too, as long as you don’t have to travel too far. The cobbler is simply divine right out of the oven.

Surprise your family or friends with this delicious recipe. Seriously, you will not regret it. This was a huge hit with my family and friends, and I know it will be a hit with your family, too! Give it a try and see how they react. Delicious!

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Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• This is the best, best ever blueberry cobbler recipe. It’s simple and tasty, and it’s a great way to use up berries that are starting to become overripe.
• It’s a cheap recipe. Other than the berries, which can still be a pretty good price when in season, the other ingredients are very affordable and likely already in your kitchen.
• It’s fruit-based. Yes, the fruit is mixed with sugar and baked up with a crust, but if you’re trying to move your sweet tooth more toward fruit desserts, this family friendly best ever blueberry cobbler is a good start.
• It’s great for older kids to learn about baking. This easy best ever blueberry cobbler for beginners can be one of the recipes you use to help your kids learn how to bake. 

Ingredients for Blueberry Cobbler:

3 cups fresh blueberries

3 tablespoons white sugar

1/3 cup orange juice

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1 pinch salt

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup white sugar

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ingredient Notes & Substitutions

Fresh blueberries: Fresh are better than frozen here as the water in frozen berries will overwhelm the cobbler and make it soggy. You can use regular blueberries or wild blueberries, if you can find those fresh where you are. You could also have some fun and use the newer pink varieties of blueberries if you happen to have some of those in your garden.

Orange juice: A little orange juice adds a nice, citrusy, bright edge to the flavor of the blueberries. The added liquid also helps the berries form the syrupy filling.

Butter: Go for unsalted here. If you have salted butter only, and it isn’t very salty, then you could possibly substitute that instead. But very salty butter is a no-go. That will make the pastry crust way too salty-tasting.

Baking powder and egg: Egg helps bind the pastry together and also provides some rising power to help out the baking powder. That baking powder, however, does most of the leavening work.

How to Make It

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F/190 degrees C.

Step 2: In a baking dish, mix the blueberries with the 3 tablespoons of sugar and the orange juice and set them aside. You could use a separate bowl, of course, if you’re willing to have an extra dish to wash.

Step 3: In a smaller bowl, mix the flour and baking powder together with the salt. Sift them, don’t just mix them with a spoon.

Step 4: Beat the butter with half a cup of sugar until creamy and smooth. Add an egg and vanilla. Crack the egg into a separate dish so that you can remove any shell pieces or blood spots before mixing the egg with the rest of the ingredients.

Step 5: Gradually add the flour, stirring properly so that everything is integrated. Dumping all the flour in will just make it harder to mix. Pour spoonfuls of the batter onto the blueberries.

Step 6: Take to the oven, and cook for about 40 minutes. You will see that the crust has turned golden brown and the filling is bubbly when the cobbler is done. It will be ready to serve fresh out of the oven, but you may want to wait a little and let it rest for a few minutes. At the very least, that will tame the temperature a bit before you try to take a bite.

Now ready to serve 🙂

Tips for Success

• The fresher the blueberries are, the better the recipe will turn out. It’s OK if the berries are a little overripe, however.
• If you don’t want to use white sugar, you can substitute it with natural honey. Brown sugar might lend too much of a harsh molasses aftertaste to the berries.
• Always sift all dry ingredients before adding them to the mix. This helps distribute them more evenly.
• The pan you use should be an adequate size. Grease it before pouring the mixture into it to make cleanup much, much easier.
• Keep an eye on those cooking times! This quick best ever blueberry cobbler recipe bakes up faster than you may realize as you enjoy the fragrance of baking blueberries in your kitchen.

Storage & Reheating

Store leftover cobbler in the refrigerator. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil or move the cobbler in individual servings over to an airtight container that won’t stain from the blueberry filling. Eat the rest of the cobbler within a couple of days. While you could technically freeze it, the filling wouldn’t thaw very well, and this healthy best ever blueberry cobbler version could end up mushy and watery. You wouldn’t really be able to heat it up to save it, either.

Serving Suggestions

The best way to serve this simple best ever blueberry cobbler meal is with a scoop of ice cream. Vanilla is traditional, but you can try several other flavors that pair well with blueberries. For example, this Strawberry Ice Cream or this Raspberry Ice Cream could be delicious. Or, give this Cinnamon Ice Cream a try! With homemade best ever blueberry cobbler ideas are easy to find.

Notes

Cobblers differ from grunts, slumps, and crisps in how the ingredients are combined and topped. Cobblers tend to have fruit filling under spoonfuls of batter that bake into a crust, although another type of cobbler places the fruit on top of the batter, allowing the batter to bake up around the fruit.

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Best Ever Blueberry Cobbler

Prep Time: 22 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 38 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour

Servings: 7

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Ingredients 

• 3 cups fresh blueberries
• 3 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 375°F/190°C.
• In a baking dish, mix the blueberries with the three tablespoons of sugar and the orange juice and set them aside.
• In a smaller bowl, mix the flour and baking powder together with the salt.
• Beat the butter with half a cup of sugar until creamy and smooth. Add an egg and vanilla.
• Gradually add the flour, stirring properly so that everything is integrated. Pour spoonfuls into the cobbler with the blueberries.
• Take to the oven, and cook for 40 minutes. You will see that the crust is golden brown and the filling is bubbly. Remove from the oven and it will be ready to serve.
• Enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 152mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 27g

Author: Marta

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