This easy fruit cobbler is lightly sweetened and made with wholesome ingredients. It’s also free of dairy, eggs, and refined sugar, with a gluten-free alternative.
Aren’t summer fruits the best? As much as I love snacking on fresh fruit, they also taste amazing in pies, crisps, tarts, cakes, pancakes, muffins, and even salads, just to name a few. When I was younger, my southern grandma would make all kinds of delicious fruit treats each summer. She had a pool and we’d spend all day swimming, but she always had some yummy treats made to entice us out of the pool for a few minutes. Whether it was fresh cut watermelon, homemade peach ice cream, or a cobbler or crisp, whatever grandma made us that day, it always hit the spot.
She typically made cobbler with pastry, so it was kind of like a rectangular pie, but if you google “fruit cobbler”, you’re likely to come up with several variations of the dessert. And if you take the time to read comments, you’ll notice some serious debate out there as to what exactly a cobbler is. An article from Taste of Home says, “Cobblers get their name because the dollops of batter or biscuit dough are dropped on top of a bed of fruit, puffing up to look like cobblestone streets.”
While that may be the cobbler’s origin, I’ll happily take a bowl of homemade cobbler, whether it’s made with pastry, cake, or biscuits! Having had just about every variation out there, my favorite style of cobbler is basically fruit smothered in a simple cake-like batter. Unlike the biscuit or pastry topping which usually sits on top of the fruit, in this version, the cake and berries marry together in the oven and become one, which means each bite you take you get a little cake and a little fruit. It’s the perfect ratio of cake to fruit in my opinion.
The nice thing about this cobbler is it’s subtly sweetened, so it makes a delicious breakfast the next day as well! You can also use your favorite fruit, either fresh or frozen—think blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, peaches, plums, cherries, or even a combo of them are all delicious ideas!
This cobbler is great with a cup of coffee, a scoop of ice cream, or my favorite, a glass of ice cold almond milk! Happy cobblering, friends! ☺️

Easy Fruit Cobbler
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 6–8 servings 1x
Description
This easy fruit cobbler is made with wholesome ingredients and is free of dairy, eggs, and refined sugar, with a gluten-free alternative. Feel free to use your favorite berries and/or stone fruit!
Ingredients
- 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (for gluten free use 1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour blend
plus 1/2 cup almond flour
)
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar, pure cane sugar, maple syrup
or honey
, plus more for fruit
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups almond milk or other milk of choice
- 1/4 cup avocado oil
, vegetable oil, or melted coconut oil
butter, plus more for pan1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3–4 cups fresh or frozen fruit of choice (I used a combo of berries. If frozen, thaw slightly)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly grease a 9×13 baking pan and set aside.
- Place berries in a large bowl and mash slightly, just enough to break up some of the fruit and make the mixture more saucy and flavorful. If your fruit is tart, mix in 2-3 tablespoons of sweetener. Set aside while you prepare the batter.
- In a large mixing bowl, blend together dry ingredients—flour(s), sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add milk, oil, and vanilla extract, whisking just until smooth. The cobbler batter should be pourable and have a similar consistency to pancake batter. If it’s too thick for some reason, stir in a little more milk.
- Pour batter into pan and top with fruit mixture. In order to make it look more “cobble-y” leave some pockets of batter open without berries.
- Bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes, just until center is set. Serve warm, either by itself or with ice cream. Makes 6–8 servings.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Category: Dessert, Gluten-Free, Vegan
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These recipes are just what I was looking for. Delicious and refreshing and clean.
I made this last night and it was so good. More like a cake with fruit versus a cobbler that is crumbly. It was good and my company loved it.
Hi Wendy! I’m so glad to hear you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to let me know. It’s very encouraging!
Wow this is beautiful and it looks SO simple! Loving the ingredients you used too— my kind of dessert 🙂
Aw thank you friend!
This cobbler is outstanding, Joscelyn! It’s just gorgeous, as is everything you style and photograph. Love how easy this recipe is!
Thank you so much, friend. It was so much fun to make and eat I hope you have a wonderful weekend
This looks delicious, I know what I will be making one day this week for dessert!
Thanks Ashleigh!
I love that fruits in season still and this cobbler looks amazing! Making this ASAP!
Greta | http://www.gretahollar.com
Thanks, Greta!
This dish has visual and health appeal. I love the ingredients and that it is gluten free. I love the pictures too!
Thanks for the encouragement, Christine!
This does seem easy to make and a great recipe to adapt. Not mention very pretty! I am definitely pinning this. THank you for sharing!
Thanks for pinning Nicole. I appreciate the encouragement!
This looks delicious! I love that you used gluten-free free and vegan ingredients! I never had fruit cobbler before but it sounds like a great breakfast idea (which I’m always in need of!)
Thanks, Tine! Have a lovely evening!
Oooooof! Fruit cobbler! I’ve been craving fruit so bad lately, but it’s currently Winter here in Australia so everything that I like is out of season – wah. I’m definitely keen to give this recipe a try, though! It looks delicious.
Christie’s Take on Life. xx
Thank you Christie! Hello from the midwest, U.S. I hope you’re having a great week!
I’ve never had a fruit cobbler before, but this looks so good!
xx,
Amanda || http://www.fortheloveofglitter.com
It’s so good, Amanda. Please let me know if you try it. Have a great week!
So pretty, love all that gorgeous summer fruit!
Thank you friend!
This looks so good! Yum.
Thank you Jenny!
Something like this is always more then welcome in my feed, not just that it’s healthy but it’s also tasty healthy yammm yammm yamyyyy … I’m definitely going to male myself this delicious desert 🙂
Thanks for sharng 🙂
Thanks for the love, Natalia. Your comment made my afternoon
Honestly, this really looks so delicious and healthy! I love that you can prepare it with either fresh or frozen fruits!
xoxo,
Pilar
http://thelifestylehunter.com
Thank you Pilar. This recipe is super easy to make and so tasty. Have a great week!
Oooh!! This looks super yummy! I love desserts with fruit!
Thanks Whitney!
This looks sooooo yummy! And I love the idea of using frozen fruit–I always assumed you had to use fresh for a cobbler, but I see that that’s not true. Totally trying this!
Thanks Alyssa. Have a great evening!
Holy moly this looks delicious and something that I could definitely make! I may even pass it along to my boss (who’s vegan!)
Thanks Allison!
Now this….oh, it looks so good!
Thank you!
Looks yummy! My little boy loves fruit but haven’t tried cooked ones yet, might have to try it out this weekend!
Thanks Nita!
This looks li,e something my boys would love eating!!
Thanks Shell!