This Guide Teaches You All You Need To Know To Make the Perfect Cobbler, a Special Sweet Treat

A fruit filling combined with a biscuit or other baked item, the cobbler is a simple dessert. It's homely and unassuming, but entirely delicious. It presents an explosion of flavor in the mouth and the different textures of the dish work together to create a magical, melt in your mouth experience for the eater. So follow this simple, detailed guide and make this yourself. We’re sure that once you make it and figure out how easy it is, you’ll keep coming back to it.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg mixed berries
• 67 gm granulated sugar
• 15 gm cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For the biscuit topping:

• 188 gm all-purpose flour (spooned &anp; leveled)
• 65 gm granulated sugar
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 85 gm unsalted butter, cold and cubed
• 120 ml buttermilk, cold
• For topping before baking: 1 Tablespoon buttermilk and coarse sugar

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F or 177°C.

Grease a pan with butter. Set aside.

In a large bowl, add the berries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Mix well until thoroughly combined. Spread the filling evenly onto the greased pan.

In a bowl, add flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix well. Then add the cubes of butter into the mixture and mix until it forms crumbs. Then slowly add in the buttermilk. Mix it all well until it forms an even mixture. Once the dough is ready, place it on top of the berry mix in the pan. Try to cover most of the berries with this mixture.

Brush buttermilk on the biscuit crumbs and sprinkle coarse sugar on top. This step is optional but recommended if you want the shiny, crunchy, golden crust.

Bake for about 50 minutes. The time will vary slightly depending on the oven you're using. You’ll know it's done once the biscuit topping is completely cooked through and has a golden brown color. To check, put a toothpick in the biscuit topping. If it comes out clean, the cobbler is ready. Let the pan cool on a wire rack.

Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.

Cover leftovers and store in the fridge for 5 days.

Notes, tips and tricks:

If you want to make it ahead, it's best not to try to store the biscuit topping. It won't rise as much if it's not baked immediately. However, you can store the berry filling in the freezer for 3 months. Before using, let it thaw in the fridge overnight. You can also freeze the fully baked cobbler and it will be good for 3 months. Before serving, thaw overnight in the fridge, and warm in the oven before serving.

For the fruit filling, you can use a mixture of any berries, fresh or frozen. These could include blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries, depending on your personal preference. Remember, the juicier the berries, the more liquid there will be in the berry layer, which is a good thing in a cobbler.

You can also make cobblers with other fruits like a peach cobbler, cherry cobbler, apple cobbler, sweet potato cobbler, tomato cobbler, chocolate cobbler, caramel cobbler and pumpkin pie cobbler, among many other varieties and options.

If you don't have buttermilk on hand, you can make some yourself. Add a spoon of white vinegar or lemon juice to cold whole milk. Stir and let it sit for 5 minutes. It will be slightly curdled and ready to use for the recipe.

You can easily make more biscuit crumble if you want a crunchier cobbler, or add more berries if you want them to be the star of the cobbler.

To impress guests, there’s a slight change you can make when preparing the cobbler. Instead of making it one big dish, you can bake multiple different varieties of cobblers in ramekins. One ramekin will have only blueberries topped with the crumble, one will have only strawberries and the crumble, and so on. In this way, you can focus on individual flavors and impress guests with all the variety you are offering. However, it's much easier to make a mixed berry cobbler as a whole and simply serve it in ramekins or parfait glasses.