Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler ~ it’s one of the joys of the season, with juicy ruby red strawberries and rhubarb bubbling up around a flaky biscuit dough, what are you waiting for?
strawberry rhubarb cobbler is a spring/summer favorite
Don’t you love that first whiff of change in the air when a new season arrives? The minute I saw the crimson juices bubbling away in the skillet it all came flooding back to me, strawberry and rhubarb are phenomenal together. Not only do they create this glorious hybrid rosy pinky peach color, but the sweet of the strawberry tames the tang of the rhubarb and the two are better together than apart, like the best of marriages.
what exactly is a cobbler?
This recipe is as old as it is delicious. Cobblers and their counterparts, Bettys, grumps, slumps, dumps, buckles, pandowdys, and sonkers are all traditional American recipes, some dating way back to the first settlers.
A cobbler can take many forms, but basically it’s a dessert made in a skillet or casserole dish with a deep dish fruit filling and a topping of biscuits or dumplings like I’ve done here, or it can have a thin batter poured over it before baking. The name cobbler refers to the bumpy, ‘cobbled’ surface of the dessert.
what you’ll need for a strawberry rhubarb cobbler
- rhubarb
- strawberries
- sugar
- lemon
- flour
- sugar
- butter
- yogurt
- milk or cream
- baking powder, baking soda, salt
This cobbler is no more difficult to make than a classic crumble or crisp
The only difference is that the topping is more of a dough, held together in this case with a little yogurt. The bubbly filling is tart and juicy, and the biscuit is light and fluffy. It looks more voluptuous and impressive than a crisp, and it is! Make it with any spring or summer fruit you want. I’ve been watching for rhubarb like a hawk and finally found it the other day.
The biscuit topping on this cobbler is very easy to make, and it can be used to top all kinds of fruit. Don’t try to get it perfectly round or even, the dough is supposed to look a little ragged, and the reward for not working it too much is a tender, flaky texture.
more strawberries and rhubarb
“I made these twice in my cast iron pan on the grill. It cooked while we were eating our grilled dinner. It was amazing!!” ~ Susan
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Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Ingredients
- 1 lb rhubarb, rinsed and thinly sliced
- 1 lb ripe strawberries, rinsed, hulled, and quartered or chopped
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 4 Tbsp flour, I love Wondra for this
biscuit topping
- 1 cup flour
- 4 Tbsp sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 tbsp cold butter, cut in pieces
- 1/3 cup yogurt
- bit of milk or cream if needed
Instructions
- Set the oven to 425F
- Toss the fruit with the sugar and lemon juice and let sit for about half an hour. This will get the juices flowing.
- Stir in the flour and spread the fruit out into a 9″ cast iron skillet or a square baking dish. Bake the fruit for 10-12 minutes. You should see a little bubbling beginning to happen.
- Meanwhile make the biscuit topping. Put the flour, sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse to combine.
- Pulse in the cold butter until the mixture is crumbly.
- Turn out into a bowl and stir in the yogurt, adding a little cream or milk if the mixture seems too dry. Mix just until the dough comes together loosely.
- Form into 6 equal mounds. Don’t worry about getting the dough into smooth balls, it will be ‘craggy’ and lumpy. that’s going to be the charm of your cobbler topping, and it means the biscuits will be light and fluffy. Sprinkle each mound of dough lightly with sugar.
- Place the six biscuits on top of the hot fruit, setting then apart so they don’t touch.
- Bake for another 16-18 minutes until the dough is golden and cooked through. Cover with foil at the end if it is getting too brown.
Notes
- You could swap all sorts of fruits for the strawberry and rhubarb in this cobbler–it would work beautifully with any kind of berry, stone-fruit in the summer, or apples and pears in the fall!
- Make this recipe gluten-free by substituting a gluten-free biscuit recipe–like this one from King Arthur Flour!
I have rhubarb waiting in the fridge. I was thinking cocktail, but now you have me second guessing myself. GREG
I just made a real nice vinaigrette which I may post, it’s such versatile stuff.
Ahhhh there is nothing that screams spring to me more than Rhubarb. I can’t wait for my first batch to be ready. And I’m totally trying it in this delicious cobbler!
as vehicles for vanilla bean ice cream go, this one’s pretty outstanding.
Haha, you are so right, this is just an elaborate excuse to break out the ice cream…
Somehow – inexplicably – MN is having a spring. The rhubarb is up and your recipe is perfect timing (now, if only our strawberries were in). I am inspired to start spring cooking and baking! What a delicious post.
Such a pretty cobbler, I’d happily skip dinner in favor of an ample serving of cobbler :).
Fruit cobblers are one of my favorite parts about warmer weather! This looks wonderful – I need to get my hands on some rhubarb!
Just made this for our dessert, it looks wonderful and smells heavenly! Pinned for future occasions 🙂
Oh thanks so great Chris — thanks for the feedback!
I’ve been obsessed with all things rhubarb lately, and I may have to make this soon! I’ve done peach cobblers before, but never anything with strawberries or rhubarb. Love it!
Thinking of rhubarb reminds me of grade school. Walking home from school I always passed a house with a huge rhubarb patch out front. I was always tempted to break off a few stalks. Your cobbler looks more than delicious and you can tell that those biscuits are light and tender.
What a great memory, Penny. The only thing I passed on my way home from school was a giant unleashed dog that sat on somebody’s front porch until the moment I walked by, and then charged me, every time – I like your rhubarb patch better 😉
I am so ready to start eating ALL THE RHUBARB!! This is glorious.