This Cherry Cobbler recipe is the best. A deliciously simple way to enjoy fresh cherries without too much work.
While Cherry Pie is not my favorite, I would eat Cherry Cobbler any day. With just a few ingredients, you are only 45 minutes away from having a sweet and slightly tart dessert. Bonus – it is just stunning to serve at the dinner table.
I love making simple, easy desserts that use fruit that is in season over the summer. Something about being in Colorado is the Palisade peaches; they seriously are the best! I also love making Peach Cobbler, and it is the Best Ever Peach Cobbler because I always make them with Palisade peaches.
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Another classic is my son Madden’s favorite Best Ever Apple Crisp; what makes this the best ever you ask? The topping my friends!
Since I made my Best Ever Peach Cobbler, I have been slightly obsessed with cobblers.
The hardest part of this recipe is taking the seed out of every cherry. Although much more manageable with my cherry pitter, a kitchen must-have.
The crumb topping sets this cobbler recipe apart from all the other recipes. I learned from a friend a while back to use a yellow cake mix instead of flour.
Once I did this, I never used flour again in my cobbler recipes. It gives the crumb topping a cake-like sweetness without overpowering the filling. The cherries still shine as the cobbler star, but trust me, this crumb topping is to die for.
So while cherries are in season, which is not much longer here in Colorado, try out this fantastic Cherry Cobbler Recipe. My family has enjoyed it and I am sure yours will too.
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Cherry Cobbler
Ingredients
- 6 cups cherries stemmed and pitted (if you have more cherries, use them!, up to 8 cups)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Crumb Topping
- 1 1/4 cups yellow cake mix (just the mix!)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 6 tablespoon chilled butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Remove stems from all of the cherries and remove seeds.
- In a large bowl, add cherries, lemon juice, cornstarch, brown sugar, white sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon. Gently toss to combine. Pour cherry mixture into skillet or 2-quart baking dish.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine yellow cake mix, brown sugar, salt, and baking powder. Stir to combine. Add butter, and using a pastry blender or a fork, cut butter into the mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add crumb topping to cover the cherries entirely. Set in the oven and bake for 25-35 minutes or until crumb topping is a nice golden brown and the juice from the cherries is bubbling.
- Serve immediately or let it cool and serve later, it’s great either way especially with vanilla ice cream or whipped topping.
I froze some pitted cherries a month ago. Could I use them? Would I need to make any adjustments to this recipe?
Jan – you could use them. I would just adjust the cornstarch and sugar according to how much liquid they have and if you already added sweetener before you froze them.
I am SOOOO hungry now?!? x
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Just wondering what kind of cherries you use?
How would this change if you used tart cherries?
Cobblers are my favorite, I can’t wait to try it!
They’re one of mine too! Thanks!
I’m seriously so in love with this and great list of products too.
Thank you, I’m glad you like it!
I am so glad that you said it doesn’t take a lot of work. I think lots of cherry desserts are labor intensive! Can’t wait to try this!
Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!
This cobbler look phenomenal!
Thank you!
I love cherry desserts and this one sounds fantastic!
Thank you so much!
I love baking with cherries! This cobbler sounds perfect right now!
Thank you, I hope you enjoy!
Can you use canned cherry pie filling with this recipe?
Of course! The filling in the recipe is just a traditional homemade cherry pie filling, so there’d be no problem substituting canned if it’s all you have available.
If I’m using canned cherry filling do I still need to use the lemon, sugar and other ingredients to the cherries. Tia
No – let me know how it turns out.
xo
Such a great idea about using the cake mix for the topping! Can’t wait to make this.
Thanks, enjoy!
I just bought a ton of cherries – this cobbler needs to happen asap!
Perfect timing! Enjoy!
Cobbler is one of my favorite summer desserts.
Mine too, enjoy!
Cherry cobbler is the best dessert recipe for cherries, in my opinion! Definitely making this!
I totally agree! Enjoy!
This topping is genius! I love how crunchy it gets! Perfect for topping the cherries.
This looks so good! I love that you used cherries! And that topping goes perfectly with this!
Fresh cherries are the best! Thank you!
I seriously need to give this a try!
I love this cobbler in summer! Thanks for the easy recipe!
Enjoy!
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Can’t wait to make this. My family will love this.
I hope you enjoy!
I just made this and the cake crumble didn’t turn out near as well as flour crumble. The cake crumble was a bit soggy and flat.
I’m sorry to hear that! The cake crumble won’t be as crunchy as a traditional crumble, it should be more cake-like. What cake mix did you use? It could partly be due to that.