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Pioneer Woman's Blackberry Cobbler

July 3, 2026 Desserts Cobblers ★ 4.0 / 5
Original recipe by Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman. View the original recipe →

This is about as simple as a dessert gets — five ingredients and one bowl — and it delivers a genuinely good golden, bubbly cobbler. As written with blackberries it's a solid 4/5. The seeds and juiciness of the blackberries make for a slightly inconsistent bite from spoonful to spoonful, which is really my only complaint.

Original Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup sugar, plus 1/4 cup for topping
  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 pint blackberries

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Melt the butter in a microwavable dish.
  2. Whisk in 1 cup of sugar and the self-rising flour.
  3. Whisk in the milk, then whisk in the melted butter until a batter forms.
  4. Pour the batter into a baking dish.
  5. Rinse and dry the blackberries, then sprinkle them evenly over the batter.
  6. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar over the top.
  7. Bake for about an hour, until golden and bubbly.

My Modifications

Swap the blackberries for fresh (not frozen) blueberries. This is a 5/5 with that one change — the blueberries give a much more consistent texture in every bite instead of the occasional seedy, overly-juicy pocket you get with blackberries. Just make sure they're fresh; frozen blueberries release too much liquid and can make the batter soggy.

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