You're going to love this simple and easy pear cobbler recipe. Made with fresh pears and a spiced topping, this dessert feels like fall (or winter).
I don't normally buy pears unless they're in a mixed fruit recipe, but I was recently gifted several pounds for the holidays and I thought what better way to enjoy them than in a tasty cobbler?
This fresh pear cobbler is sweet, spiced, easy to make, and really would taste phenomenal with some salted caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. Yum!
🥘 Ingredients
- Fresh pears
- Granulated sugar
- Brown sugar
- Vanilla
- Cinnamon
- Butter
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Nutmeg
- Ground ginger
- Salt
- Milk
- Egg
🍽 Equipment Needed
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- Mixing bowls
- Baking dish
- Whisk
- Measuring cups
- Measuring spoons
🍴 Recipe Tips
This pear cobbler with fresh pears is pretty cool to watch come together. It starts with melted butter in a pan, the batter in the middle, and the pears on top. As it bakes, the batter rises to the top and covers the pears.
Pears are naturally sweet, especially when ripe so reducing sugar or serving with something salty or acidic could help to cut down some of that sweetness and add more flavors into the mix. But this pear cobbler really does taste great on its own too.
If desired, you can add in some thin slices of apples to help add more flavors. Try to cut the apples a little thinner than the pears so that they can cook at about the same speed.
💭 FAQs
Peeling pears is completely optional. The skin when cooked can get a bit chewy in spots so I usually prefer to cook without it, but you can leave them on if you want to.
Some of the better pear varieties to cook with include Bartlett, Bosc, and Anjou. Using a mixture of these pears can create a better-flavored cobbler too.
You can leave your fruit cobbler out for about 2 days on the counter or keep it stored for up to 5 days in the fridge. Just make sure to keep it well covered or in an airtight container to maximize freshness.
🔪 Instructions
Check out how to make easy spiced pear cobbler with these simple step-by-step instructions:
- Mix together the pears, granulated sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon for the filling in one bowl and then set it aside.
- Place a stick of butter in a baking dish and place it in an oven that is preheating to 325 degrees F. Be careful not to let the butter burn.
- In a bowl, combine the remaining sugar, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk.
- Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir to combine.
- Pour the batter into the butter-filled baking dish.
- Evenly distribute the pear mixture over the top of the batter and then place the baking dish back into the oven.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the pears are tender and the topping is set.
- Let cool for about 20 minutes to thicken before serving.
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- Mini Zucchini Bread Loaves
- Roasted Frozen Green Beans
- Cinnamon Streusel Dessert Pizza
- Easy Cream Puffs with Raspberry Whipped Cream
- Easy Shepherds Pie
📖 Recipe
Easy Spiced Pear Cobbler
Ingredients
Pear Filling
- ½ cup butter (one stick) ($0.75)
- 3-4 cups sliced pears (about 5-6 large pears) ($5.94)
- ½ cup granulated sugar ($0.11)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla ($0.01)
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon ($0.05)
Cobbler Topping
- ½ cup granulated sugar ($0.11)
- ½ cup brown sugar ($0.18)
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour ($0.06)
- 2 teaspoon baking powder ($0.04)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon ($0.10)
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg ($0.02)
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger ($0.01)
- ¼ teaspoon salt ($0.02)
- ¾ cup milk ($0.14)
- 1 large egg ($0.08)
Instructions
Pear Filling
- In one bowl, mix together the pear slices with the granulated sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Set it aside.
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F and place a stick of butter in a 9x13 baking dish. Place dish in oven with butter to melt. Don't let it burn.
Cobbler Topping
- In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger, and salt whisk until well distributed.
- In another bowl, whisk the eggs and add in the milk and vanilla. Whisk again.
- Add the milk mixture to the flour and then stir to combine.
- Pour the batter directly over the melted butter in the pan. Do Not Stir.
- Place the pear mixture over the batter, try to evenly distribute the pears. Do Not Stir.
- Place the baking dish back into the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes or until the pears are tender and the breading has cooked through.
- If needed, you can loosely place a piece of foil over the cobbler as it bakes to prevent it from browning too much.
- Let cool before serving, the pear syrup mixture will thicken as it cools.
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