This gluten free blueberry cobbler recipe is made with fresh or frozen blueberries sweetened with coconut sugar and topped with a delicious cobbler crust! No gluten, soy, dairy, or refined sugar in this delightful treat. Make it all summer long!
Ingredients Needed
- Blueberries
- Coconut Sugar
- Tapioca
- Cassava Flour
- Salt
- Baking Soda
- Palm Shortening
- Honey
- Egg
- Almond Milk
For the cassava flour, I like to use Terrasoul. You can order it from right from their site. Cassava flour is made from Yucca, and is grain free and paleo!
Some brands of cassava flour do bake differently, so feel free to experiment but I do like Terrasoul best!
Substitutions and Variations
- Instead of Cassava Flour, try All Purpose Gluten Free Flour! As written this is a paleo blueberry cobbler, but replacing the cassava will make it a gluten free blueberry cobbler.
- You can also use coconut milk instead of the almond milk.
- If you don't need to keep it paleo but just gluten free, you could also use oat milk or rice milk.
- To make it egg free, try a chia or flax egg. It's simple to make. For a flax egg, mix 1 Tbsp. flax with 2.5 Tbsp. water. For a chia egg, mix 1 Tbsp. chia with 3 Tbsp. water.
- If you want to make it with fresh berries, decrease the tapioca flour. You still want it syrupy and thick, but too much tapioca flour will make the paleo berry cobbler too gooey, in a bad way!
How to Make Blueberry Cobbler
Start by greasing an 8x8 oven safe dish and setting it aside, and pre-heating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Place the blueberries, tapioca flour, and coconut sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir frequently, allowing the blueberries to thaw and a thick syrup to form. Once everything is thawed and the syrup just starts bubbling, it's done. Set aside.
Meanwhile, mix the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
Add the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix until just mixed. While every cassava flour brand can yield a different texture, you basically want a dough like mixture.
Pour the blueberries into the prepared baking dish. Using your hands, take large pieces of the dough, flatten it with your hands, and lay it over the mixture. It doesn't all have to be covered, you can leave spaces so long as the dough itself is even in thickness.
Bake in the oven for 35-40 min or until the topping is a light golden brown. Enjoy!
Tips for making Paleo Blueberry Cobbler
- When making the filling, be sure to stir frequently! If you leave it and walk away, it will stick to the bottom of the pan and burn, ruining the flavor and filling as a whole.
- When mixing the wet into the dry ingredients for the topping, only stir until it's JUST mixed. If you over mix it, the topping will be come out too hard.
Toppings for Cobbler
- A classic and delicious way to top cobbler is with vanilla free ice cream! It's a great cold complement to the warm cobbler fresh out of the oven!
- Another tasty way to top it is with a cinnamon and sugar mixture!
Storage and Reheating Options
To store any leftovers, place them in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days.
When you're ready to reheat the leftovers, place them in an oven safe dish that's covered. Heat at a lower temperature like 250F degrees and reheat until the desired temperature is reached!
FAQ's for this Gluten Free Blueberry Cobbler
Yes you can! I only recommend making it a max of 1 or 2 days ahead of time. To reheat the entire cobbler, cover it with foil and place it in the oven on a lower temperature of 250F degrees to let it heat evenly without the fruit getting too hot.
Yes, you can use fresh or frozen blueberries for this cobbler! The recipe is written for frozen blueberries, but for fresh see the substitutions and variations above!
The difference between cobbler and pie is that while a pie has a bottom crust, a cobbler does not. A cobbler only has a top crust that is bread/cake like. A pie may or may not have a crust topping. It could have a pastry crust, a crumb topping, or nothing at all.
Blueberry cobbler is made of a blueberry stew like mixture that's hot and bubbly, with a bread/cake like topping!
Yes, you can leave blueberry cobbler out overnight! It will typically be safe to do so, however to be safe, especially if it's very hot out, then follow the storage steps above!
A cobbler crust is bread and cake like, so it typically consists of flour, eggs, baking soda, butter (or another fat source), and sugar. There may be more ingredients but those are typically the basics.
Gluten Free Blueberry Cobbler
Equipment
- 1 8x8 baking dish
- 1 set of measuring cups
- 1 set of measuring spoons
- 1 medium saucepan
- 2 mixing spoons
Ingredients
Filling
- 5 cups frozen blueberries to use fresh, see substitution notes above
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- 2 tablespoon tapioca flour
Topping
- 1 cup cassava flour
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ cup palm shortening
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup almond milk
Instructions
- Grease an 8x8 baking dish and set aside. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Place the mixed berries in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the sugar and tapioca flour and mix thoroughly. Stir frequently as the berries thaw. Once it bubbles, let it simmer for about 3 minutes to thicken while stirring. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Mix together remaining dry ingredients for toppings. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and mix until just combined.
- Pour the berry mixture into the greased dish. Top with the dough, and spread it evenly to cover.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes until a knife comes out clean from the topping.
More Gluten Free Fruit Recipes
- Paleo Peach Cobbler! It's insanely delicious as well. The measurements are slightly different because frozen berries make more liquid than fresh peaches do. Both are perfect for summertime!
- Gluten Free Strawberry Crisp. It's so delicious and isn't made up of a long ingredient list! You'll come back to this one every strawberry season!
Did you love this recipe? Have questions or suggestions about it? Leave me a comment below and let me know!
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Lenora says
Yes this looks so amazing. Would definitely have it was a side of ice cream. Will save to try this out.
Rachel Rivera says
Oh yes! Sooo delicious with some nice vanilla ice cream. Yum!
Cassie Webber says
Wow, I am drooling! This looks delicious!! I will definitely be making this and once I get the recipe down this looks awesome to bring to a get together!
thecleanhappylife says
Oh yay!!! Yes I've brought the peach version to get togethers and it was such a hit! Once covid lets us have more gatherings I'll be bringing this too!! I hope you enjoy 🙂
Karthika says
Wow. I simply loved your recipe. Would love to try it very soon . Thanks for sharing
thecleanhappylife says
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it 🙂
Lily says
Looks rich and delicious, thanks for sharing!
thecleanhappylife says
Thank you, it's so yummy!!
Stella says
I just have to say that I love the way this is written. To the point and straight to recipe and then some more useful information at the end.
The recipe looks delicious, it is well explained so I may even attempt it myself!
thecleanhappylife says
Aww thank you! That makes me happy to hear. I'm so glad you found it useful and I hope you try it! 🙂