Old Fashioned Southern Blackberry Cobbler Recipe

This family recipe was most often made with wild dewberries. Since they're hard to find nowadays I'm using ingredients that are available almost everywhere.

You'll love the big summer flavors! Perfect for a hot summer day.

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• ❤️ Why you'll love it
• 🧾 Ingredients
• 📖 Variations
• 🔪 Instructions
• 🥫 Storage
• 💭 Things to know
• 👩‍🍳 FAQs
• 📚 Related recipes
• 🍽️ Serve with...
• 🥄 Restless Chipotle recommends
• 📞 The last word
• 📖 Recipe
• ✍🏻 A note from Marye...
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❤️ Why you'll love it

• Homemade blackberry cobbler is so easy! Just pour the batter in and top with berries. The batter rises to the top to form the crust.
• Plenty of big, juicy blackberries berries under a cake-like topping make this classic dessert extra special.
• So easy - no baking skills needed!

Nothing says summer like blackberries! This simple cobbler tastes like the first day of summer vacation - just add a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

🧾 Ingredients

This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.

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• flour
• sugar
• baking powder
• butter
• milk
• blackberries

📖 Variations

You can vary this easy blackberry cobbler recipe with different fruit fillings.

• half raspberries and half blackberries
• strawberries
• blueberries
• peaches - peeled
• plums - peeled
• raspberries
• a mixture of all of it!

🔪 Instructions

This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.

1. Mix sugar and fresh berries and simmer.
2. Combine flour and remaining topping ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
3. Melt the stick of butter in the baking dish and pour the topping mixture in.
4. Place blackberries over the top of the batter and gently pour in any juice that's left in the pan.

🥫 Storage

Leftover blackberry cobbler should be covered with plastic wrap or placed in an airtight container and stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

I don't like to freeze it because the fruit loses texture but you can. Wrap it in plastic wrap then aluminum foil and freeze for up to 3 months.

💭 Things to know

Expert Tip: If your berries are very sweet and ripe you'll want to cut back on the amount of sugar you add to them. Instead of 1 cup try ¾ cup.

• You can use 1 ½ cups of Bisquick instead of flour, salt, and baking powder in this classic southern recipe if you wish.
• Wild blackberries or dewberries are the absolute best if you can find them.
• Use frozen blackberries if you can't find fresh.
• I like my blackberry cobbler thick so I use a smaller baking dish (9x9-inch square or similar). For a thinner top crust use a 13x9-inch pan as directed in the recipe.
• Don't over mix the batter or it will be tough.
• If you have a lot of fresh blackberries you can double the amount for more berry-to-topping ratio. Add more sugar to taste.

👩‍🍳 FAQs

📚 Related recipes

• This old fashioned bourbon apple pandowdy is so good and it's way easier than a pie!
• I love to make this peach cobbler dump cake when I'm in a hurry.
• No one can turn down one of these fried pies and when they're this easy you'll make them a lot!

🍽️ Serve with...

This is one of our favorite summertime meals...

• BBQ chicken breast is wrapped in bacon and grilled for a tasty, quick summer meal.
• Cornbread salad is easy to make and absolutely delish! Make it ahead of time for the most convenience and flavor.
• Serve this old fashioned blackberry cobbler warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, whipped topping, or whipped cream.

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You'll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.

• mixing bowl
• 13x9-inch pan
• heavy saucepan

📞 The last word

Pretty much everyone around here has their own southern blackberry cobbler recipe and they'll swear on a stack of bluebonnets that it's the only way to make it.

Cobbler recipes are one of those things that families in the south will go to war over. I am almost positive the whole Hatfield and McCoy feud was ignited by a vicious cobbler disagreement.

• One crust or two?
• Pie crust dough or biscuit crust...or crumble crust?
• Dumplings IN the filling or no?
• Shortening or butter?

Oh honey, it gets intense! Give this one a try and see if it isn't the best blackberry cobbler you've every put in your mouth.

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📖 Recipe

First published April 20, 2018 . Last updated May 19, 2023. Editorial improvements.

✍🏻 A note from Marye...

I know y'all don't always like the stories bloggers tell so when I have one I try to put it at the very bottom so you can read or skip as you like.

We used to go blackberry picking pretty much every summer. Generally, it would start with me finding a patch of wild blackberries or dewberries while doing some summertime exploring.

We'd perfume ourselves with mosquito repellant and wrap double sided tape around the bottoms of our legs to handle the ticks.

When a bowl was filled we'd head back home, covered in mosquito bites despite the best efforts of OFF. At some point in the evening, Mom would hand us bowls of warm cobbler with some sweetened cream poured over it.

Such warm, cozy, and sweet memories!