Easiest Fresh Pear Cobbler Recipe (2024)

This easy cobbler with fresh pears and warm spices is a rustic and comforting dessert perfect for potluck and holidays.

Easy Pear Cobbler is loaded with fresh pears, cinnamon, sugar and a cake-like crust begging to be topped with ice cream.

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Everyone loves cobbler, and it’s one of my favorite desserts to cook. It’s quick and easy and delicious, and makes fabulous use of fresh fruit.

This pear cobbler is especially inviting. It’s a simple riff on traditional peach cobbler and is just as easy to make.

The recipe starts with fresh, ripe pears that are cooked with cinnamon and sugar until tender, warm and sweet.

When mixed with a simple cake-like batter, the result is total comfort food!

Cobblers are a classic dessert that stands the test of time, and for good reason.

This easy pear cobbler recipe comes together quickly, stores well in the fridge for several days and can be frozen.

It’s perfect for serving at potlucks, get-togethers during the holiday season, or anytime you need something sweet and warm.

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Tips For Making Easy Pear Cobbler Recipe

For best results, we recommend using ripe pears. I most often use Bartlett pears, which you can see below are different colors depending on their ripeness.

The golden-yellow pears are perfect–they’re tender pears that are soft enough to have a little “give” to them when pressed.

The brighter green pears are still somewhat hard and not yet as sweet.

For the most sweet pears, go for the yellow ones!

A few more helpful tips:

• Peel the pears as the skin can become a bit tough and chewy when heated.
• Although I typically use Bartlett pears (they’re usually more juicy pears), you can also use Bosc or D’Anjou pears, which are all good baking pear varieties often available in grocery stores.
• Pears combine well with other fruits like apples, apricots, berries and cherries.
• Don’t overcook the cobbler. You want it to be more golden than brown.
• Serve with a dollop of whipped cream or scoop of ice cream for a decadent dessert.

How to Make Cobbler with Fresh Pears

This delicious cobbler recipe is so easy to make in just a few simple steps.

Ingredients You’ll Need:

• Ripe Pears
• Granulated Sugar
• Ground Cinnamon
• Ground Nutmeg
• Unsalted Butter
• Self-rising Flour
• Milk

How to Make It:

(Full printable recipe card is available below)

Prepare the equipment. First, you’ll preheat the oven to 350F.

Add butter to an 8×8″ baking dish (or a round pie dish) and place in the oven to melt while oven preheats.

Prepare the pear filling. Next, you’ll combine the pear slices, 1/2 cup sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium saucepan.

Cook the filling over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring often, until sugar is dissolved and juices are released from the pears. Set aside.

Make the batter for the cobbler topping. Next, you’ll combine self-rising flour, remaining 1/2 cup of granulated sugar, and milk in a small bowl and whisk together until smooth.

Remove pan of melted butter from the oven. Pour the batter mixture over the melted butter. Do not stir!

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Add the pears. Next, you’ll pour the pear mixture, including the juices, evenly over the batter. Again, you’re not going to stir anything here.

Cook. Last, you’ll transfer to the oven and bake the cobbler for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

Notes and Adaptations:

• This dessert pairs wonderfully with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream!
• If you don’t have self-rising flour on hand, you can make your own. Whisk together 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour with 3/4 tsp baking powder and 1/8 tsp of salt.
• If you’d like, you can cook the pears with brown sugar instead of granulated sugar.
• You can easily double the recipe and bake in a 9×13″ pan if you’re serving a larger group.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container. If you have a lid for your baking dish, you can use that, or simply cover well with plastic wrap.
• You can leave it at room temperature the same day you bake it, but after that, I prefer to refrigerate the leftovers and re-warm before serving.

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