🙌🏻🍓 Quick and Easy Strawberry Cobbler is a no-mixer quickie dessert recipe that takes advantage of fresh strawberries! The EASIEST strawberry cobbler ever; it’s made with no eggs and just 7 basic ingredients for a soft and tender cobbler that’s ready in 1 hour and PERFECT for casual entertaining, parties, picnics, and potlucks! You can use other types of fresh fruit if desired.
Quick Strawberry Cobbler
Most strawberry cobblers come out one of two ways. They’re either pale and doughy in the middle, or so watery the filling never sets. This one does neither.
The secret is a technique as old as Southern baking. You melt the butter directly in the pan while the oven preheats, then pour the batter straight over it without stirring.
As it bakes, the butter works its way up through the batter, creating edges that are golden and crisp while the center stays soft and tender. And the strawberries sink in just enough to stay juicy without turning the whole thing soupy.
There’s no mixer, no eggs, just 7 ingredients, and it’s ready in under an hour. It’s the kind of dessert you can throw together when you forgot to plan something for a potluck, or when a flat of strawberries is sitting on your counter begging to be used.
If you’ve made my Crustless Strawberry Pie, think of this as the more relaxed, spoonable version, offering the same buttery flavor, but even less work!
Love Fruit Cobblers? Make These Next!
If you loved this fresh strawberry cobbler, be sure to make my Apple Cobbler next! It has a drop biscuit topping, so it’s a little different than this strawberry version.
Peach lovers should try my Fresh Peach Cobbler, which is topped with an amazing cinnamon-sugar sauce.
Ingredients You’ll Need
For this simple strawberry cobbler, gather the following 7 ingredients:
- Unsalted butter
- Granulated sugar
- All-purpose flour: I’ve only tested this recipe using regular all-purpose flour. But since this isn’t a cake recipe that needs to bake up tall and fluffy, I imagine a gluten-free all-purpose flour substitute would work — leave me a comment if you do this and it works
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Milk (any kind)
- Fresh strawberries: Slice the strawberries (I halve most berries, or quarter them if they’re really big berries), then measure them, loosely packed into your measuring cup. You want 2 cups of sliced strawberries. If you accidentally add a little too many, the cobbler will still turn out just fine
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Strawberry Cobbler
The hands-on prep time for this recipe takes about 10 minutes; I love it when that happens! Below is a quick overview of how the cobbler is made:
- Arrange the cubed butter over the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish. Pop it in the oven as the oven preheats and pull it out once the butter has melted.
- While the butter is melting in the oven, add the dry ingredients (sugar, flour, baking powder, salt) to a large bowl and whisk to combine. Add the milk and stir until just combined.
- Spoon the cobbler batter over the melted butter. Do NOT mix.
- Sprinkle the sliced strawberries over the batter.
- Bake the strawberry cobbler in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes, until golden brown on top. Serve it warm on its own or topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or strawberry ice cream, a dollop of whipped cream or whipped topping, chopped nuts, or hot fudge sauce!
Is Your Cobbler Browning Too Fast?
If that happens, cover the pan loosely with foil (i.e. do not crimp down the edges) to prevent it from browning too much.
Recipe Variations
This is a super easy cobbler recipe, but there are a few ways you can customize it:
- Swap the strawberries for another fresh berry or sliced stone fruit (blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, sliced peaches, etc.).
- Swap some of the granulated sugar with brown sugar. It will make for a slightly chewier cobbler and add a lightly caramel-y flavor. Use ½ cup brown sugar + ½ cup granulated sugar when mixing up the batter.
- Swap the milk for a non-dairy milk such as almond or cashew milk.
Recipe FAQs
Yes you sure can. Fresh blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries are lovely. Or try sliced peaches or nectarines. You can even mix-and-match the fruit types as well. You want 2 cups total. For example, use 1 cup of strawberries and 1 cup sliced peaches. For optimal results, use FRESH rather than frozen fruit.
Most likely, yes. But I have not tested it so cannot be positive. For tried-and-true results that you can count on, use fresh strawberries.
When I do bake with frozen strawberries, I add them to the recipe straight from the freezer. Just note that frozen berries will make the batter very cold, so you’ll likely need to increase the bake time by a few minutes – and they will release water into the batter, so again, you’ll need to bake for a bit longer so the cobbler can set up. If the top of the cobbler browns before the inside is cooked, tent it lightly with foil.
Yes, fruit cobblers last up to 4-5 days in the fridge. When I am digging in for a piece of the leftovers, I like to zap it in the microwave for about 10 seconds before serving, but it’s optional.
I don’t advocate freezing this recipe, but you can. Seal in an airtight container or freezer bag for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge before reheating.
I like to use a 9×13-inch baking dish. I tend to bake my cobblers and crustless pie recipes in porcelain or glass. It takes slightly longer to bake (compared to metal baking pans) but it bakes more evenly with less risk of over-browning. If you bake in a metal pan, it’s fine but your cobbler may bake a bit quicker so just keep an eye on it.
Yes, simply halve the ingredients and bake in an 8- or 9-inch square baking dish.
Easy Strawberry Cobbler
Equipment
- 1 9×13-inch porcelain or glass baking pan metal is fine too but cobbler will bake a bit quicker so watch it
- 1 Large Bowls
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup unsalted butter, cubed into about 8 pats or pieces
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups whole milk, (whole milk recommended but 2% or plant-based milk may be used)
- 2 cups fresh strawberries, cleaned, hulled, and halved or quartered depending on size of the berry
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Add the cubed butter pieces to the bottom of the baking pan, scattered evenly, and place it in the oven while the oven is preheating in order to melt the butter, about 10 minutes.
- While the oven is preheating, make the batter but adding the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt to a large mixing bowl and whisk to combine.
- Add the milk (tip – add a teaspoon of vanilla or almond extract now too if you'd like for extra flavor) and whisk until just combined.
- After about 10 minutes, remove the baking pan from the oven (make sure the butter is melted) and evenly pour the batter over the top of the butter. Do NOT mix, just pour the batter over the butter and let it be.
- Evenly sprinkle the strawberries over the top and bake for about 45 minutes, or until the cobbler is set and done. Baking Tips – Because all fruit has and releases different amounts of natural liquids and juices, baking time will vary. Start checking about 35-40 minutes, but if your cobbler takes longer than 45 minutes to bake, that's fine. Bake it until it's done. If the top is browning more quickly than you want before it's setting up, tent the pan by loosely draping a sheet of foil loosely over the top. If you're baking in a metal pan rather than porcelain, glass, or ceramic, your cobbler will likely bake more quickly (5-8 minutes, or so is my guess) so start checking it earlier.
- Serve immediately plain or with ice cream, whipped topping, Cool Whip, etc.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This cobbler is SO good and super easy! It’s my go to recipe now and my husband loves it! Must try different fruits and berries. Thanks Avery!
Thanks for the 5 star review, Ori, and I’m so glad to hear it’s great and super easy for you and that your husband loves it!
It was a hit (except the grandkids thought I was serving pepperoni pizza for dessert!). So easy to make and turned out exactly as shown.
Thanks for the 5 star review and haha that’s funny what your grandkids thought! Glad it was a hit!