Raspberry Cobbler
Just in time for summer, enjoy this classic Raspberry Cobbler made with fresh juicy raspberries and a buttery golden topping. Serve it warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or gelato for an easy dessert everyone will love at backyard dinners, holiday weekends, and summer gatherings.
We’ve been making this classic Raspberry Cobbler recipe for years, and it’s still one of our favorite spring and summer desserts. Sweet, tart, and bursting with fresh raspberry flavor, this easy cobbler is perfect for picnics, backyard dinners, and bringing to potlucks. Serve it warm with fresh whipped cream, vanilla gelato, or a scoop of ice cream for the ultimate easy entertaining dessert everyone loves.
What is Raspberry Cobbler?
Cobbler is a classic baked fruit dessert made with fresh fruit or a savory filling, topped with a biscuit-style or buttery batter crust, and baked until golden and bubbly. This Raspberry Cobbler is made completely from scratch with simple ingredients and juicy fresh raspberries for the ultimate spring and summer dessert.
As the cobbler bakes, the raspberries become sweet and bubbly underneath a rich buttery crust that turns golden and crisp on top. One of the secrets to this old-fashioned recipe is pouring boiling water over the batter before baking, which helps create the soft fruit filling and amazing cobbler texture everyone loves.
Here’s a tip: If your raspberries are extra ripe and sweet—especially those fresh-off-the-vine summer berries—you can reduce the sugar slightly. You can also substitute other summer berries or peaches in this easy cobbler recipe.
Why You’ll Love This Raspberry Cobbler
- Made with fresh juicy raspberries for the perfect sweet and tart flavor.
- We’ve been making this classic cobbler recipe for years.
- The buttery golden crust on top is absolutely irresistible.
- Easy homemade dessert made with simple pantry ingredients.
- Perfect served warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or gelato.
- Great for spring and summer entertaining, potlucks, picnics, and backyard dinners.
- A beautiful dessert for Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and summer gatherings.
- Easy to make ahead and transport to parties or cookouts.
- The boiling water trick creates the most delicious cobbler texture underneath the crisp topping.
- Cozy, nostalgic, and always a crowd favorite.
Ingredients Needed for Raspberry Cobbler
This easy homemade Raspberry Cobbler is made with simple pantry ingredients and fresh summer berries for the perfect sweet and tart dessert.
- Boiling water: The secret ingredient that helps create the cobbler’s rich texture and golden crust while baking.
- Fresh or frozen raspberries: Juicy raspberries create the delicious bubbly fruit filling. Fresh raspberries are especially wonderful in the summertime, but frozen berries work great too.
- Lemon: Adds brightness and enhances the fresh raspberry flavor.
- Butter: Melted butter creates a rich, buttery cobbler crust.
- Milk: Helps create the soft batter topping.
- Sugar: Sweetens both the raspberries and the cobbler batter.
- Salt: Balances and enhances the flavors.
- Baking powder: Gives the topping a light, tender texture.
- Flour: Forms the base of the cobbler batter.
- Vanilla extract: Adds warm classic flavor.
- Almond extract: Pairs beautifully with raspberries and gives the cobbler a delicious bakery-style taste.
- Cornstarch: Helps thicken the raspberry filling as it bakes.
How do you make Raspberry Cobbler from scratch?
- On the bottom of a 9×13 pan, lay the fresh raspberries, and squeeze juice of emon over the berries.
- Mix together the melted butter, milk, sugar, salt, baking powder, flour, and vanilla. Pour over the berries.
- Mix together the remaining sugar and cornstarch.
- Sprinkle on top of the cobbler mixture.
- Pour boiling water over entire cobbler.
- Bake and serve warm.
Serving Suggestions for Raspberry Cobbler
Serve this Raspberry Cobbler warm straight from the oven with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream, creamy gelato, or freshly whipped cream melting over the top. The sweet raspberries and buttery golden crust make it the ultimate cozy dessert for spring and summer entertaining.
This cobbler is perfect for:
- Memorial Day weekend 🇺🇸
- Fourth of July celebrations
- Backyard dinners
- Summer potlucks and picnics
- Family gatherings
- Casual dinner parties
- Camping trips and RV adventures
We especially love taking this cobbler camping! You can bake it ahead of time and warm it up later, or prepare it fresh right in the Sprinter van oven while camping. The smell of warm raspberries and buttery cobbler baking outdoors makes it feel extra cozy and memorable.
For an extra-special presentation, serve the cobbler in small bowls or vintage dessert dishes topped with fresh raspberries and mint. It’s one of those classic desserts everyone comes back for seconds on!
Serve this cobbler for a summer party with Hawaiian BBQ Chicken, this salad, and this bread. Delish!
Sandy’s Tips and Substitutions
- You can use fresh or frozen raspberries for this cobbler recipe.
- Frozen raspberries work great, though the filling may be slightly more juicy or runnier after baking.
- If your raspberries are extra ripe and sweet, feel free to reduce the sugar a bit.
- Substitute any summer berries you love, including blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, or mixed berries.
- Fresh peaches are also delicious in this easy cobbler recipe.
- Almond extract adds wonderful flavor with raspberries, but it’s completely optional if you prefer to leave it out.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or gelato for the ultimate summer dessert.
- This cobbler is wonderful for potlucks, camping trips, backyard dinners, and easy entertaining.
- We love taking this cobbler camping—either bake it ahead of time or bake it fresh in the Sprinter van oven!
Can You Freeze Cobbler?
- Yes! Raspberry Cobbler freezes very well.
- Bake the cobbler completely and allow it to cool.
- Cover tightly with plastic wrap, then add a layer of foil on top.
- Freeze for up to 1 month.
- Reheat in a 350-degree oven until warm and bubbly again.
- It’s an easy make-ahead dessert that’s delicious for both family dinners and company.
More desserts for potlucks or cookouts:
Here are more of my favorite desserts to make for a cook-out, or bring to a potluck:
- Mango Coconut Sorbet Dessert
- Medjool Date Cake
- Epic Summer Mini Pie Board
- Peach Blueberry Cobbler Recipe
- Southern Chocolate Cobbler
Easy cobbler for company
This past weekend we had out-of-town company! We do not eat dessert every night in our house, so I’m always looking for any excuse to make a new dessert. My friend had left town and left me a bunch of raspberries, so I added some (from the freezer) to make 5 cups. So yes, you can make with frozen or fresh raspberries! Enjoy!
Get the Recipe:
Raspberry Cobbler
Ingredients
- 8 cups frozen or fresh raspberries, or more–the more berries, the juicier the cobbler
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 6 Tbsp butter, melted
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
Topping:
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 cups boiling water
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray. On the bottom, lay the raspberries, and squeeze juice of 1 lemon over the berries.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the melted butter, milk, sugar, salt, baking powder, flour, vanilla, and almond extract. Pour over the raspberries.
- In the same bowl, add the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and 2 Tbsp cornstarch. Mix together and sprinkle on top of the cobbler mixture.
- Over the entire cobbler, pour 2 cups of boiling water.
- Bake for 1 hour (or more to get it nice and brown on top). Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, gelato or fresh whipped cream.
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This recipe was great and I loved it,I have made this several times and it’s always delicious.
This cobbler turned out perfect and oh so delicious, with and without ice cream! I did add about 1/2 tsp of cinnamon to the topping. I have fresh blackberries and will be making a blackberry cobbler using this same recipe.
Thank you for sharing.
I haven’t made this cobbler but want to today. I have black raspberries; do they require the same amount of sugar? Also in your comment above you said use one cup of boiling water but the recipe calls for 2 cups boiling water. Which is correct?
It’s 2 cups of boiling water!
It was very good! I will definitely make it again. However, I think I will add less boiling water next time. It bubbled over while cooking and then was a little runnier under the topping than I prefer. Definitely a keeper!
We’ve made this recipe many times and have never had that happen. I wonder if your berries were frozen, or you used more than the recipe recommended? We recommend the 2 cups of boiling water, but we’re glad you loved it.
I added a can of sliced peaches that I needed to use up. The cobbler was so delicious!
Great taste, but it is a bit tart! Scoop of Vanilla ice cream helped!
We love it tart, and it’s delish with vanilla ice cream! Thanks Linda!