Texas Blueberry Cobbler

Why we love this recipe

So, truth time here. I really WANT to like cobbler, but there is something too rough and crumbly about the topping – and then I met Texas-style blueberry cobbler, and my cobbler world was rocked forever.

Imagine that instead of that crunchy biscuit dough you have a lighter batter – think almost pancake batter – that you drop the blueberries on top of instead of the other way around. 

Now imagine that you sprinkle the whole thing with a lemon-infused sugar, and that this lighter dough rises up all around the blueberries as it bakes, and that the edges get a little bit crunchy but the center is still light and sweet and mingled with the blueberries, which have sort of melted into a warm lemony blueberry jam.

Apparently this is how they do cobbler in Texas, or so I have heard tell, and whether it is Texas or North Carolina or anywhere else on the planet, I’m here to tell you that this is my Cobbler Of Choice…I can’t imagine ever going back now. 

Chocolate is wonderful, but there’s something about a sweetly baked fruit recipe that just has me at hello. Welcome to one of our favorite blueberry recipes of all time!

ingredients you need for this recipe

ingredient notes and substitutions

Blueberries: If there is anything you need to know about finding/storing/prepping those glorious blueberries, I have a Blueberry Guide for you right here!

Milk: Whole milk or lowfat milk will work just fine. Skip the skim milk though.

Butter: We tend to use salted butter in all our cooking, but unsalted will work just fine as well.

how to make this recipe

STEP 1: Preheat your oven to 350. Place 4 tablespoons of  butter in 9×13 inch baking pan and put the pan in the oven until butter is melted, about 10 minutes, then take the pan out but leave the oven on.

STEP 2: Put 1/4 cup of sugar and the zest from one lemon in your food processors and whirl it up until the sugar and the zest is all combined, about 5 seconds.

STEP 3: Mash blueberries with 1 tablespoon of the lemon sugar until berries are just a bit smooshed – I do this by spreading the berries out in a single(ish) layer on a plate and mushing them with my handy potato masher.

STEP 4: Put a cup and a half of flour, one and a quarter cups of sugar and two and a half teaspoons of baking powder in a large bowl and stir it all up.  Now stir in 8 tablespoons of melted and cooled butter and a cup and a half of milk until everything is nice and smooth.

STEP 5: Pour your lovely batter into the baking dish with the melted butter.

STEP 6: Drop spoonfuls of the smooshed blueberry mixture evenly over batter and sprinkle it with remaining lemon sugar.

Bake it all up until the cobbler is golden brown and the edges are crispy, about 45-50 minutes.

STEP 7: Cool about 30 minutes and serve warm.  Oh, and I wouldn’t say no to a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of this deliciousness.

Recipe FAQs

want to round out your meal?

A cup of fresh mint tea goes perfectly with this blueberry cobbler…or if a cool drink is what you had in mind, how about some lemonade mint iced tea?

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