Picture this: it’s a sweltering summer afternoon, and you’re frantically prepping for a last-minute cookout with family and friends. Suddenly, inspiration strikes—you remember that glorious, fruit-filled cobbler recipe tucked away in your grandmother’s cookbook, the one that could make even a scrambling host breathe a sigh of relief. Bursting with the juiciest summer fruits and topped with a buttery, golden crust, this cobbler is like a vacation in a bowl, minus the sand in your shoes. So, preheat that oven and prepare to dazzle your taste buds—because when life gives you summer fruit, you make cobbler that impresses the pickiest of guests.
1. Assemble the ingredients 
2. Slice the fruit into desired size and toss in a bowl with fresh lemon juice 
3. Pour fruit into a butter-greased pyrex baking dish 
4. Combine dry ingredients in a Kitchen Aid mixer 
5. Add chunks of cold butter while mixer is running 
6. SLOWLY pour hot water into the mix, pausing for 3 seconds after each pour, you should start to see a crumble texture 
7. STOP adding water when the crumble mixture combines fully into a dough and sticks to the mixer paddle 
8. Dough should be easy to form into a ball 
9. Break the dough into medium sized balls, flatten with palms and drop on top of the fruit 
10. Bake at 425° and enjoy with vanilla ice cream
Ingredients
Fruit
8 to 12 large yellow peaches
4 to 6 plums
1 to 2 cups (20 to 30) pitted cherries
Half a lemon’s juice
Topping
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1.5 sticks cold, salted butter cut into 1″ chunks
1/4 to 1/2 cup of boiling water (depending on local humidity)
Equipment
Kitchen Aid Mixer
Pyrex baking dish
Steps
Step 1 – Assemble the Ingredients
Pre heat the oven to 425°
Fruit is best if picked fresh yourself at a local farm or from a farmer’s market. If possible ask for for ‘dented’ or ‘baking’ peaches to save money and reduce food waste.
Step 2 – Prepare the Fruit
Slice the fruit into desired size and toss in a bowl with fresh lemon juice.
Pour fruit into a butter-greased pyrex baking dish
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes while you make the topping.
Step 3 – Prepare the Topping
Combine dry ingredients in a Kitchen Aid: flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt then turn the mixer on low.
Add chunks of cold butter while mixer is running.
SLOWLY pour hot water into the mix, pausing for 10 seconds after each tiny pour, you should start to see a crumble texture.
STOP adding water when the crumble texture combines fully into a dough and sticks to the mixer paddle.
Dough should be easy to form into a ball. Add flour if too soft, add a tiny amount of hot water if the dough doesn’t stay together.
Remove the fruit from the oven.
Break the dough into medium sized balls, flatten with palms and drop on top of the fruit.
Return to the oven and bake for 30 minutes, until topping is a nice golden brown.
Enjoy!
Serve warm topped with ice cream. Retains heat for a few hours.
Ideally time the cobbler to finish baking 1 to 2 hours before serving.
Can be refrigerated for 1 to 3 days.
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