This Strawberry Cobbler Recipe is a classic Southern dessert! This easy strawberry cobbler recipe comes together quickly and bakes into a thick, sweet, yet still tart, strawberry layer topped with a buttery topping.
Prep. Preheat the oven to 350º F. Add sliced butter to the baking dish and place in the oven while it preheats to allow the butter to melt. Remove the baking dish once the butter has melted.
Prep the strawberries. Add strawberries and 1/2 cup sugar to a bowl and toss to combine.
Make the cobbler batter. Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Pour in the milk and whisk until smooth and well combined.
Add strawberries. Pour the sugared strawberries over the melted butter, evenly distributing over the melted butter. Do not stir.
Add the cobbler batter. Pour the cobbler batter evenly over the strawberries, do not stir.
Bake. Bake until lightly golden brown on top, about 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to rest about 3 minutes.
Serve. Serve warm.
Notes
Make-Ahead and Freezer Instructions
To make ahead. Bake and store covered in the refrigerator. Reheat and serve.To freeze. Bake in a freezer-safe baking dish and cool completely. Wrap tightly with freezer-safe wrap topped with foil. Freeze for up to 3 months. To serve, allow to thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Reheat and serve.To reheat. To reheat in the oven, cover with foil and reheat until heated throughout, about 20 minutes. To reheat in the microwave, reheat in 30-second intervals until warm in a microwave-safe container.
Variations
Gluten-Free Strawberry Cobbler. Use your favorite gluten-free flour for baking substitute. Dairy-Free Strawberry Cobbler. Use your favorite dairy-free milk (such as oat milk) and dairy-free butter substitutes. Lower Sugar Strawberry Cobbler. Replace the sugar in the recipe with your favorite sugar-free sugar substitute for baking.
Substitutions
Self-rising flour - use 1 cup self-rising flour and omit the baking powder and salt called for in the recipe ingredients.
Alternate Method
You can reverse the order of the batter and strawberries.