Homemade Strawberry Cobbler

This Strawberry Cobbler is SO easy to make with just a few basic pantry and fridge ingredients, strawberries, and of course ice cream for serving! The cobbler topping is so simple to make you’ll impressive even yourself when you serve up this tasty dessert. 

Want more desserts starring strawberries? Try my Frozen Strawberry Cheesecake, Strawberry Lemonade Donuts, and Strawberry Poppyseed Cake.

I have something very important to tell you. Are you ready to hear it? IT’S SUMMMMMMEEEERRRRRR!!!!!! Well, okay so not 100% officially, but the sun is out, the weather is warm, the flowers and plants are blooming and the pool is just about open so yeah, I’m going to go ahead and call it! 

In addition to grilling all the things (like my Cilantro Lime Grilled Chicken Thighs), and serving yummy pasta salads (have you tried this Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad with Orange Poppy Seed Dressing? It’s a must try.) and other outside-dining/picnic-y-type-foods, I also really really enjoy a nice, light, fruity, tasty dessert in the summer. Add some fruit and ice cream to that dessert and I’ll pretty much skip right over dinner and onto that dessert. 

Like this cobbler recipe, for example. Let’s just say I spent so much time “tasting” it as I was making it that by the time dinner rolled around I didn’t really want anything. But, the good news is, by the time dessert rolled around, I again found myself hungry. Weird, right?

But in summer, all eating rules should go out the window anyway. I say make more time for sun and family and lazy days and of course, dessert! 

Ingredients

• Strawberries —Any fresh strawberries, sliced, will work just fine. 
• Sugar —This recipe calls for both regular and coarse sugar, but if all you have is white sugar, you can use that in both places. 
• Lemon Juice — Fresh-squeezed lemon juice is really the best option here but you can use bottled if that’s all you have. 
• Flour — Any all-purpose flour brand is fine. 
• Almond Extract — Almond extract gives just the right amount of nutty flavor to the strawberry cobbler but you could also substitute vanilla extract.
• Salt — Any finely ground salt brand is fine. I use kosher. 
• Baking Powder — Whatever baking powder you have is great — check the expiration date before use just in case. 
• Butter — You’ll need both melted and cold butter, so make sure you have enough for both parts of the recipe. Unsalted is what I use. (You can also substitute buttermilk for melted butter)
• Buttermilk — Use buttermilk for the cobbler topping. If you don’t have buttermilk you can substitute heavy cream. 
• Vanilla ice cream — Optional here but I love a good, high-quality vanilla bean ice cream for serving on top of this strawberry cobbler.

Here’s How you Make it 

Although this dessert is layered more or less, don’t worry too much about getting it perfect. This easy cobbler recipe is meant to be an imperfect, perfect treat. 

1. First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees, then butter a 10-inch cast-iron skillet or other baking dish. 

2. Next, prepare the filling by combining strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, salt, flour, and almond or vanilla extract in a large bowl. Stir it together and then spoon the strawberry mixture into a skillet or prepared baking dish.

3. Get out another bowl to put together the ingredients for the Strawberry Cobbler topping. In that bowl, whisk together the rest of the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add this flour mixture to butter in a food processor and pulse until pulse until fine crumbs form. (Or you can cut the butter into the flour with two forks or a biscuit cutter.) Then, add the buttermilk or cream and pulse or stir until a soft dough begins to form.

4. Now let’s put the cobbler all together, shall we? Flour your hands lightly and  then pick up handfuls of dough. Roll them in your hands to about ¼ inch thickness and arrange them on top of the strawberry filling, trying to fill up the top, but they don’t have to cover every spot. 

5. Brush the cobbler crust with melted butter and sprinkle coarse sugar over the top. Pop the whole thing in the oven for 30-35 minutes or until the crust turns a nice, golden brown. 

6. I like to serve this Strawberry Cobbler recipe warm right out of the oven with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream right on top. That way it gets all nice and warm and starts to melt into the cobbler, making it an even ooeyer, gooeyer dessert! 

Storage and Reheating

To store strawberry cobbler, add to a container with an airtight lid and pop it in the fridge. I tend to try to scoop it up carefully so that the topping remains on top and not mix it all together. 

Alternatively, you could just add some plastic wrap or press-n-seal to the top of the baking dish you used for the cobbler and put the whole thing in the fridge that way. 

To reheat strawberry cobbler, scoop out as much as you want into a microwave-safe bowl and reheat for about 30 seconds. Test to see if it’s warm enough and if not, pop back in the microwave for another 10-20 seconds until just heated through. Be careful not to overcook.

Expert Tips and Customizations

Looking for ways to add a little pizzaz to this easy strawberry cobbler? Here are a few ideas!

• Add other berries with the strawberries. Substitute one cup (or more) of the strawberries with blackberries or raspberries. Or go wild and turn this strawberry into a blueberry cobbler!
• Add another fruit like peaches, pears, or apples in with the strawberries as well. 
• Use a different kind of ice cream. Strawberry ice cream and peach ice cream are favorites here at my house, but my mom likes chocolate chip, and one of my nieces loves mango sorbet! There are no rules here. 
• Sprinkle chopped pecans, almonds, or walnuts over the top of the ice cream for a nutty, crunchy topping. 
• If you want to use frozen strawberries, be sure to let them thaw and drain the excess liquid.
• Add just a bit of fresh herbs to the top of the cobbler, like fresh basil, rosemary, thyme, or mint. 

For more amazing dessert recipes, check out my popular posts for Cream Cheese Lemon Bars (the cream cheese really takes these bars over the top), Super Chewy Gooey Brownies (seriously the best you’ll ever eat), and Chewy White Chocolate Cashew Cookies (sweet and salty and did I mention no chill time required?) 

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