Easy Lemon Cobbler Recipe
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Easy Lemon Cobbler is a simple recipe that takes just minutes to prepare. It’s bright, bold, sweet, and tart and you’ll love every bite of this lemony dessert.
Dig your spoon through the topping, and you’ll find a warm lemon custard filling. The contrast between the lightly browned, slightly crisp top and the sweet, saucy center is enough to make this easy dessert a new go-to.
I actually like lemon and strawberry desserts better than chocolate. Even if you’re big chocolate lover, this lemon dessert will win you over!
This recipe is the ideal dessert for grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, and summer cookouts. It’s sweet, tart, easy to make, and goes great with homemade ice cream and/or Cool Whip.
How to make Lemon Cobbler?
Most of making this cobbler is simply layering the ingredients. First, you’ll melt
The only mixing is for the batter. I made a homemade batter which is a basic cake batter using flour, sugar, milk, flavoring, and lemon zest. I tested the cobbler with cake mix for the batter and didn’t like the result. Once the batter is combined, you’ll pour the batter over the melted
Finally, the last step of this ever-so-short-and-easy dessert is pouring lemon pie filling over the batter. Again, you do not want to stir it.
The hardest part of this recipe is waiting for it to cook! It takes 55 minutes to an hour of smelling it baking and fill your house with lemony heaven scent. And, when you do finally take it out of the oven, wait, do not take a huge, scorching bite and burn your tongue. I may actually have experience with this!
You need to make this in a 9x9x3-inch square baking pan or 9-inch deep-dish round baking pan. The sides need to be 3 inches deep or it can overflow! (A 7×11.5 casserole dish will work, but a 9×13-inch is too large.)
Yes. The slow cooker method is just as simple but takes longer to cook. (see below for details)
Yes, some people refer to this dessert as Magic Lemon Cobbler or Easy Magic Lemon Cobbler because it’s self-saucing and super easy to make.
They are very similar but still have distinct differences. A pie has a bottom crust and sometimes a top crust. Cobblers typically don’t have a bottom crust. Pies are made with pastry dough whereas cobblers have sweet biscuit-like or cake-like dough.
Slow cooker method
- You’ll mix it together exactly as directed except layer the ingredients in your slow cooker.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 2 hours and 45 minutes to 3 hours.
- Don’t open the lid during the cooking time.
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Easy Lemon Cobbler
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Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk or whole milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract or lemon zest
- 21 or 22 ounces lemon pie filling like this
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Add the butter to a 7×12-inch or 9×9-inch baking pan. Place it in the oven to melt.
- In a bowl, whisk flour, sugar, buttermilk, vanilla, and lemon zest (or extract). Don't overmix it.
- Pour the batter evenly over the melted butter in the baking dish. Don't stir.
- Next, pour or spoon the lemon pie filling over the batter as evenly as possible. Do not stir.
- Bake on the middle rack of the oven 55 to 60 minutes. The top crust should be golden brown. The center of the cobbler may look a little 'jiggly' but the crust should be brown and cooked.
- The is great served warm with vanilla ice cream.
- Cover and store leftovers in the in refrigerator up to 4 days.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Made this for supper tonight and will definitely make it again. It worked in our 9×9 pan but I’ll make it in my bit bigger Corningware “skillet” next time, to spread out the lemon a bit. Might need about 1/4 cup more of everything, though. My husband liked it because it is really lemon-y!
Thanks for another great recipe!
If I need to double this – do you think using a 9×13 baking pan work. Need enough for 12 servings.
I’d make it in 2 seperate 9×13-inch pans.
How can I fail at a cobbler? The crust stayed at the bottom and the lemon at the top – purely edible and wonderful, but what did I do wrong? Thanks.
I’m not sure what happened. Mine has never done that.
So so easy and WONDERFUL ❤️❤️
Hi I am wondering if I could use the Shiriff Lemon Meringue Pie filling? It’s the boxed kind. And of course I would prepare it. Thanks.
Yes, just make sure you use the same quantity.