# Teach me about cobbler? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243 "2010-10-25T02:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243/1 "2010-10-25T02:58:48Z")
I grew up with fruit pies and fruit crisps. When I think of cobbler, I get a vague notion of something greatly resembling fruit pie, but with only a top crust that’s made of pie crust. When you think of cobbler, is that the right image? If not, can you educate me? ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243/2 "2010-10-25T06:20:38Z")
I think of a cobbler more as fruit covered with sweet drop biscuits. The biscuits supposedly resemble paving cobbles. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243/3 "2010-10-25T07:13:26Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > I think of a cobbler more as fruit covered with sweet drop biscuits. The biscuits supposedly resemble paving cobbles. Same here. Basically, pie filling topped with biscuits. Something that looks [like this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/68644229@N00/832651797/). I don’t like the pie crust versions as much. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243/4 "2010-10-25T10:01:06Z")
Another is to make a sweet batter (1c flour, 1c sugar, 1/2c milk, 1tsp salt, 2 tsp baking powder), pour it into a pan with a stick of butter already melted in it, then add cooked apples with cinnamon, etc. on top. bake at 350 for 50 min. The batter rises up amongst the apples. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243/5 "2010-10-25T12:15:52Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > When I think of cobbler, I get a vague notion of something greatly resembling fruit pie, but with only a top crust that’s made of pie crust. It can be that. In that case, I’d picture the top crust in a lattice of crossing strips. When I was in Boy Scouts, we’d make cobbler by pouring a can of pie filling into a [Dutch oven](http://www.troop484.com/troop484/cooking/dutch_oven_coals.jpg), sprinkling a box of yellow cake mix over it, putting a little butter on top, and cooking until warm and yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243/6 "2010-10-25T13:24:48Z")
I make cobbler with a topping that’s like a cornmeal biscuit. However, a basic biscuit top is the “achetypical” cobbler in my view. A pie with only a top crust is just a deep-dish pie, it’s not cobbler. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243/7 "2010-10-25T13:45:37Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > I make cobbler with a topping that’s like a cornmeal biscuit. However, a basic biscuit top is the “achetypical” cobbler in my view. > > A pie with only a top crust is just a deep-dish pie, it’s not cobbler. Agreed. Cobblers are super-simple to make. Anything that involves “lattice-work” isn’t a cobbler. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243/8 "2010-10-25T14:48:27Z")
Is the cobbler in this picture topped with a plain pie crust? [http://www.bfeedme.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/Peach-Cobbler.jpg](http://www.bfeedme.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/Peach-Cobbler.jpg) I’m trying to come up with a cobbler recipe for someone whose favorite dessert is peach cobbler but who doesn’t know enough about cooking to point me in the right direction, recipe-wise. This picture is the closest to what his favorite cobblers look like. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-cobbler/558243/9 "2010-10-25T14:57:54Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Is the cobbler in this picture topped with a plain pie crust? > > [http://www.bfeedme.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/Peach-Cobbler.jpg](http://www.bfeedme.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/Peach-Cobbler.jpg) > > I’m trying to come up with a cobbler recipe for someone whose favorite dessert is peach cobbler but who doesn’t know enough about cooking to point me in the right direction, recipe-wise. This picture is the closest to what his favorite cobblers look like. That’s what it looks like to me. It’s not drop biscuits, at any rate.