Indulge in the delightful fusion of sweet and tart with our Gluten Free Fruit Cobbler, a tantalizing twist on the classic dessert. Bursting with juicy cherries nestled beneath a golden, cakey topping, this delightful treat promises a symphony of flavors in every bite.
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Why This Recipe Works
- Gluten-Free Adaptability: This easy gluten free fruit cobbler recipe uses gluten-free flour, making it perfect for anyone with gluten sensitivities or celiac disease.
- Fruit Versatility: It lets you use different fruits, so you can pick your favorites or what's in season.
- Texture Contrast: The combination of a juicy fruit filling and a crispy topping gives a satisfying mix of textures.
🥘 Ingredients
Ingredients For The Filling:
- Fruit: Provides the juicy, flavorful filling of the cobbler. The choice of fruit can influence the overall flavor profile.
- Sugar: Sweetens both the fruit filling and the cobbler topping.
- Lemon juice: Adds a touch of tartness, balancing the sweetness of the fruit and sugar.
- Tapioca flour: Thickens the fruit filling, giving it a pie-like consistency.
- Water: Helps to create the right consistency for the fruit filling.
Ingredients For The Cobbler Topping:
- Gluten-Free Flour: Forms the basis of the gluten-free cobbler topping.
- Baking Powder: Helps the cobbler topping rise and become fluffy.
- Butter (Vegan Butter Or Coconut Oil): Adds richness and moisture to the cobbler topping. Can be replaced with palm shortening for a dairy-free option.
- Egg: Acts as a binding agent in the cobbler topping.
- Milk (Any Dairy Free Milk, Like Coconut Or Almond Milk): Adds moisture to the cobbler topping, helping it achieve the right consistency.
For the complete list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
📖 Substitutions & Variations
- Gluten-Free Apple Cinnamon Cobbler: Tart apples and a hint of cinnamon make this cobbler a cozy, comforting dessert, perfect for crisp evenings.
- Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler with Almond Crust: A delightful twist on the original, using fresh peaches and a crunchy almond flour topping for a nutty flavor.
- Mixed Berry Cobbler - Gluten-Free Delight: Combining strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries under a light, gluten-free biscuit crust.
🔪 How To Make Gluten Free Fruit Cobbler?
Place fruits (blueberries & cherries, as I am gonna make blueberry cobbler ), sugar, lemon juice, tapioca flour & water into a sauce pot. Bring to a boil & let simmer until some of the liquid is gone. About 15 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once filling has reduced in liquid a bit, pour into a small casserole dish. Mine holds 3.5 Qts. Dimensions 14.5 x 9.5 x 3.
Prepare the filling in a medium-sized bowl by combining gluten-free flour, sugar, baking powder, butter, egg, and milk until well-blended. Depending on the type of flour used, you can either pour the batter like a cake batter or spoon it on top of the filling in dollops, then spread it out using wet hands or a spatula. (The cobbler topping does not need to touch the sides of the baking dish.)
Place in the preheated oven & bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven & allow to cool for a few minutes. Serve still warm with ice cream!
👩🍳 Expert Tips
Ready to nail this cherry cobbler? You may want to take note of these tips and tricks too!
- Mix Fruits for Variety: Experiment with a variety of fruits like fresh or frozen berries such as strawberries, raspberries, and cranberries. For a twist, consider fresh peaches or any other fruit to add exciting new flavors to your cobbler.
- Use Cold Butter: When making the topping, use cold butter to help create a flaky and light crust.
💭 FAQs
I use Bob's red Mill All-Purpose gluten free baking flour. Here are the pro's and con's of the Blue label Flour:
This flour won in the texture department. It definitely holds together much better isn’t painfully sticky. It’s pretty easy to simply pour this on top of your cobbler, spread it out a bit with a spatula. It tastes like beans (probably only to me).
This flour is made from garbanzo fava beans ingredients: garbanzo bean flour, potato starch, tapioca flour, whole grain sweet white sorghum flour, fava bean flour.
The flour tastes strongly of raw beans when uncooked, but the bean flavor diminishes after cooking, though a hint may linger. Since you won't eat the cobbler topping raw, if it doesn't taste beany to you and you're fine with occasional beans, choose this flour for the cobbler's texture.
Pros: In terms of taste alone wins. It’s also not made from beans ingredients: sweet white rice flour, whole grain brown rice flour, potato starch, whole grain sweet white sorghum flour, tapioca flour, xanthan gum. And although this is gluten-free, it would probably be a stretch to call this a ‘Paleo’ dessert.
Cons: Texture, texture, texture. This dough is kind of a nightmare when it comes to getting it from the mixing bowl to the top of your cobbler filling.
There are a couple of tricks that will help. You can scoop out a little at a time – either with a spatula or a cookie scooper – wet your hands press the dough flat, making a kind of dough puzzle on top.
Or just say forget it; dump some scoops on top of your filling, do your best to spread them out call it good. In the case of this post, that’s what I did.
🧂Serving Suggestions
These are my favorite desserts to serve with Cherry Cobbler:
- Vanilla Ice Cream: Cold and creamy, this vanilla ice cream melts on the hot cobbler, making a delicious mix.
- Whipped Cream: Light and fluffy, whipped cream adds a sweet cloud on top of your fruity treat.
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Gluten Free Fruit Cobbler
Ingredients
Cobbler Ingredients
- 4 cups Cherries Or Other Fruit
- ¼ cup Sugar
- 1 Lemon Juiced
- 1 tablespoon Tapioca Flour
- 1 Cup Water
Cobbler Topping
- 1 cup Gluten Free Flour
- ¼ cup Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 5 tablespoon Butter
- 1 Egg
- 3 Tablespoons Milk Any milk: Coconut, Almond, etc
Instructions
- Place fruit, sugar, lemon juice, tapioca flour & water into a sauce pot. Bring to a boil & let simmer until some of the liquid is gone. About 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Once filling has reduced in liquid a bit, pour into a small casserole dish. Mine holds 3.5 Qts. Dimensions 14.5 x 9.5 x 3.
- In a medium sized bowl, make the filling.
- Mix together gluten free flour, sugar, baking powder, butter, egg & milk until all ingredients are combine. Depending on which flour you’ve used you’ll either be able to pour your batter in like a cake batter or you can place it on top of the filling in scoops & try & spread it out with wet hands or a spatula.
- Cobbler topping does not need to touch the side of the baking dish.
- Place in the preheated oven & bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven & allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Serve still warm with ice cream!
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