A cobbler is so named because the batter baked on top of the fruit below should look like a cobbled street. I’ve found the best batter for that result is similar to a biscuit batter. When I make biscuits I use a hand grater to grate the cold butter into the flour mixture. This is the easiest way to incorporate the butter the flour and it leaves them a perfect size resulting in a flaky biscuit topping. You are welcome to vary the fruit in this cobbler – you really can’t go wrong – but peach blueberry cobbler is a classic combination.
If you like the cobbled topping on this recipe, you’ll probably also like the Buttermilk Biscuits that use the very same grating butter technique.
Blue Jean chef. I have a bunch of cherries, do you think I could make this cobbler out of cherries?
Sure, but make sure you pit them first!
ML
Hi Meredith,
I love your emails…and your puppies 🙂
For this recipe can the sugar and flour be replaced with Swerve and Almond Flour?
Thank you,
Sandy
Hi Sandy. I haven’t tried this recipe with either Swerve or almond flour, but it would be worth a try. Follow the directions on the Swerve package for substitution quantities and use a 1:1 replacement ratio for the almond flour.