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Southern Blueberry Cobbler

Prep15 min
Cook45 min
Total1 hr
Yield9×9 pan · serves 8
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

  • 6 cupsfresh blueberries≈ 594 median blueberries
  • 3/4 cupgranulated sugar (for filling)
  • 2 tbspcornstarch
  • 1 tbsplemon juice
  • 1 cupall-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cupgranulated sugar (for topping)
  • 2 tspbaking powder
  • 1/2 tspfine salt
  • 6 tbspcold unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1/2 cupboiling water
  • 1 tbspcoarse sugar (for topping)

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Butter a 9×9-inch baking dish.
  2. In a bowl, toss blueberries with 3/4 cup sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice. Pour into the prepared dish and spread evenly.
  3. In another bowl, whisk flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Add cold butter cubes and work them into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse sand.
  5. Pour the boiling water over the flour mixture and stir just until it comes together into a thick, spoonable batter.
  6. Drop spoonfuls of the batter over the blueberries — don't worry about covering every gap, the topping will spread as it bakes.
  7. Sprinkle coarse sugar over the top.
  8. Bake for 40–45 minutes, until the filling bubbles thickly around the edges and the topping is deep golden brown.
  9. Cool for at least 20 minutes before serving. Excellent with vanilla ice cream.

Notes

  • The boiling water is the trick — it activates the baking powder instantly and gives the topping a cakey-biscuit texture.
A 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberriesA 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberries