Blueberry Cobbler – Rachel Cooks®

Do you ever surprise how meals bloggers take a look at their recipes? Or in the event that they even take a look at them in any respect? If you would like a bit of peek behind the scenes, let me inform you: I examined this blueberry cobbler recipe NINE instances to ensure it’s completely good!

To be truthful, most recipes don’t require that many tries however I actually wished to supply an choice for utilizing frozen blueberries when recent aren’t in season and are tremendous costly. Whereas the model utilizing recent berries got here collectively rapidly, it took me a bit to seek out the very best methodology for making a blueberry cobbler with frozen berries.

The excellent news is that ultimately, I figured it out, and now you’ve received a dependably scrumptious blueberry cobbler recipe that may be made with recent or frozen berries! Like this peach blueberry crisp and blueberry bread pudding, it’s going to be a win for any blueberry lover!

Traditional Blueberry Cobbler Recipe

Easy perfection. This isn’t a dessert with huge, bombastic taste mixtures or a dozen completely different textures and layers. It’s only a easy basic—jammy blueberries that aren’t overly candy, and a young cobbler topping that’s crisp and golden brown on prime. Scrumptious!

Simple to make. There’s nothing fussy or sophisticated on the subject of making this blueberry cobbler recipe. The blueberry filling mixes proper within the baking dish!

Frozen and recent choices. As talked about above, this recipe might be made with both recent or frozen blueberries, making it the proper year-round dessert. (And a good way to get a style of summertime in the midst of winter!)

Ingredient Notes

• Recent (or frozen) blueberries: Search for berries which might be plump and deep blue; you should definitely study them for stems earlier than you add them to the baking dish. We suggest recent if you will get them, however once more, each work.
• Granulated sugar: Ripe blueberries are fairly candy, so that you solely want a bit of little bit of sugar, merely to boost the flavour of the berries. You’ll additionally add sugar to the topping so the dessert is deliciously candy.
• Lemon juice: We tried this recipe with and with out lemon juice, and located that only a squeeze of recent lemon juice provides dimension and brightness to the filling.
• Cornstarch: The filling is thickened with cornstarch. With out it, the filling can be fairly runny as a result of when blueberries are cooked, they launch numerous juice.
• All-purpose flour: The topping is considerably cake-like in texture though the batter may be very thick, nearly like biscuit dough. Measure the flour precisely by evenly spooning it into the measuring cup and leveling the highest with a straight edge.
• Baking powder: This can be a leavening agent that interacts with the buttermilk and helps the cobbler topping rise, and grow to be gentle and fluffy. Including baking powder is actually what distinguishes a cobbler from a crumble.
• Unsalted butter: The butter is minimize into the flour, just like what you’d do with biscuit dough. The offers the topping a wealthy taste and a cake-like texture.
• Buttermilk: We examined this recipe utilizing buttermilk, a buttermilk substitute, and common milk. Whereas milk and the selfmade buttermilk each work in a pinch, the flavour of the cobbler is superior with buttermilk.
• Vanilla extract: The cobbler topping has a touch of vanilla, however almond extract would even be good for an choice.
• Coarse sugar: Coarse sugar can take a few varieties: turbinado sugar, which is brownish in colour, or sanding or glowing sugar (often discovered by the cake adorning merchandise). When you just like the crunchy texture that coarse sugar gives, be at liberty to sprinkle a tablespoon or so on prime of the dough earlier than you pop the cobbler into the oven. It’s completely non-obligatory, although, as a result of the cobbler is nice with or with out it.  
• Ice cream or whipped cream (non-obligatory): For serving, when you’d like. 

Make Blueberry Cobbler

Put together. Preheat your oven to 350°F, and grease a glass or ceramic baking dish with nonstick spray or butter.

Make the filling. Add the blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice to the baking dish and toss to coat. (When you want, this may be executed in a mixing bowl and scraped into the baking dish, ensuring to incorporate the entire sugar and cornstarch.) Organize the blueberries in order that they’re in a good layer.

Make the cobbler topping. Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Drop the chilled butter cubes into the bowl and minimize it into the dry substances utilizing a pastry cutter, fork, or your fingers till coarse crumbs type. (The combination ought to maintain collectively whenever you pinch it.) Stir within the milk and vanilla simply till mixed. The batter will probably be fairly thick and sticky.

Add the topping. Add spoonfuls of the cobbler topping over the blueberry filling. It could not utterly cowl the berries, and it gained’t be clean on prime, and that’s what you need. We’re going for rustic and the batter does broaden because it bakes. Sprinkle coarse sugar excessive when you’re utilizing it.

Bake. Place the baking dish within the oven and bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or till the topping is golden brown and the blueberry filling is effervescent up between the gaps.

Serve. Let the cobbler cool for 20 to half-hour. The filling will thicken up a bit because it cools. Serve heat or at room temperature, ideally with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream!

Suggestions for Good Blueberry Cobbler

• Use the fitting baking dish. I examined several types of baking dishes for this recipe. We discovered {that a} clear glass baking dish or white ceramic dish labored finest. I attempted a black ceramic baking dish and it appeared just like the topping received too darkish. Blueberries include an acid that can work together with steel baking pans, notably aluminum, so that you additionally wish to keep away from that.
• Don’t overmix the batter. When you add the buttermilk, use a lightweight hand to mix it with the flour combination. Overworking the dough may end up in a tricky cobbler topping quite than tender and fluffy. 
• Don’t underbake the cobbler. Regardless that the topping could look executed, we discovered that appears generally is a little deceiving and should be a bit of doughy beneath.

Simple Recipe Variations

• Use frozen blueberries. Slightly than thawing the berries at room temperature or baking them frozen, add them to the baking dish with the opposite filling substances and microwave on excessive energy for five minutes. We discovered this methodology labored the very best and was the simplest. When you don’t thaw the berries in any respect, the topping tends to remain underdone.
• Add extra lemon taste. You’ll be able to zest the lemon and add this to the filling combination for additional brightness.
• Experiment with completely different fruits. Whereas blueberry cobbler is a basic, you possibly can swap half the berries for one more fruit like strawberries, raspberries, plums, or peaches. Maintain the overall quantity of fruit to six cups.
• Add spices. So as to add a bit of spice, you possibly can sprinkle a touch of cinnamon, nutmeg, or ginger into the fruit filling, or add it to the topping (or each!).

Refrigerate: Retailer leftover blueberry cobbler coated within the baking dish or switch it to an hermetic container. It is going to preserve at room temperature for a day, or within the fridge for 3 to 4 days.

Freeze: You may as well freeze your cobbler for longer storage. Make certain to let it cool utterly after which wrap it tightly with plastic wrap and foil, or place leftovers in an hermetic container. It may be saved within the freezer for as much as 3 months. Thaw in a single day within the fridge earlier than warming it up.

Reheat: You’ll be able to eat the cobbler chilly out of the fridge however I feel it’s significantly better heat! If the cobbler continues to be within the baking dish, you possibly can pop it within the oven at 350ºF till warmed by means of (the period of time wanted will depend upon how a lot cobbler is within the pan), or heat particular person parts within the microwave till simply heat, not sizzling.