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• Brown Sugar – a friend of mine used this recipe in a contest and swapped out brown sugar in the batter and it was so good! Definitely added a layer of richness.
• Fresh Fruit – you can definitely use fresh fruit – it just is a lot more work for the fresh peaches! Peeling and slicing – plus there’s only about 2-3 days a year when we can even get the perfect peaches here in Cincinnati!
• Other Fruit – I’ve made cobbler with peach & strawberries, peaches alone, triple berry and even apples!

How to make Peach Blueberry Cobbler

I created this based on my Mom’s Peach Cobbler recipe. It’s my favorite (and a lot of other peoples) because it’s sooooo simple! Throw the fruit in and you’re halfway there! This is a crowd-pleaser AND it’s easy?! ‘Nuff said!

1. Arrange frozen peaches and blueberries in bottom of 9×13 dish sprayed with nonstick spray
2. In a medium bowl, cream sugar and butter using a hand mixer. The mixture should be creamy like softened butter.
3. Add dry ingredients (salt, flour, baking powder) and milk to make a batter and spread over the fruit.
4. Mix together sugar, cornstarch and a pinch of salt and sprinkle over batter.
5. Sprinkle boiling water over ALL of sugar – this is where the MAGIC happens! Be sure every grain is covered with water!
6. Bake at 375° for 60 minutes.
7. Spoon onto a plate, top with whipped cream and serve to your drooling family!

Tools That Help You Get The Perfect Cobbler

• Hand Mixer – helps create a smooth, even batter quickly (this makes a difference in how the topping bakes)
• Mixing Bowls – useful for keeping each step organized and consistent
• 9×13 Baking Dish – gives you the perfect ratio of fruit to topping and helps everything bake evenly

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More Peach and Blueberry Recipes

• Easy Peach Jam
• Peach & Donut Bread Pudding
• Blueberry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
• Blueberry Clafoutis

What is Blueberry Clafoutis?

Blueberry clafoutis is a classic French dessert made with fresh blueberries baked in a thick, custard-like batter. It has a texture somewhere between a flan and a Dutch baby pancake and is typically served warm with powdered sugar.

How to Make EASY Blueberry Clafoutis

I’ve made blueberry cobbler, blueberry cornbread and even blueberry scones – this clafoutis recipe is by far the easiest to make! I’ll definitely be making it again! I had this whole thing together and in the oven in less than 10 minutes! Here’s what you’ll need to do:

1. PREP – Preheat oven to 425ºF. Generously butter a cake pan.
   • Use butter not non-stick spray in this instance. Just open a stick of butter and rub it all over the inside of the pan.
2. TOSS – In a medium bowl, toss blueberries with sugar, juice from half lemon and lemon zest. Pour blueberries into the bottom of the pan.
3. BLEND – In a blender, add half & half, eggs, sugar, flour, vanilla and salt. Blend until batter is smooth. Pour batter mixture over blueberries and gently tap pan on counter to remove air bubbles.
   • You could also whisk the ingredients together or use a hand blender.
4. BAKE – Bake in the preheated oven until center is set, 30 minutes. Check the center with a toothpick – it should come out clean. The top should be slightly golden brown. Cool 10-15 minutes until clafoutis deflates slightly and is just warm.
5. SERVE – Dust with powdered sugar and serve warm. (I love this powdered sugar shaker – that way I’m always ready to dust!)

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More Blueberry Recipes

• Blueberry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
• Double Chocolate Blueberry Muffins
• Lemon Blueberry Banana Bread

How to make Individual Mini Cobblers

I love making mini desserts – it just seems so much more manageable than a whole cake or pie! I’ve made a few mini recipes (donut bread pudding, peach bread pudding, pound cakes & lava cakes) – but this was my first mini blackberry cobbler recipe! It’s a little different than my magic cobbler but just as good! Here’s how to make them:

1. TOSS fresh berries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch in a bowl, then divide among four 8-oz. ramekins. (spray with nonstick coating)
2. WHISK together flour, brown sugar, oats and salt in a medium bowl. Incorporate stick of butter using a pastry blender, fork or fingers until mixture appears sandy and crumbles with a few pea-size clumps. Distribute crumbly topping evenly over blackberries.
3. MELT 2 tbsp butter and drizzle over top of cobbler topping.
4. BAKE in 375º oven until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven, top each ramekin with a small scoop of ice cream and serve immediately.

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More Mini Dessert Recipes

• Air Fryer Peach Cobbler
• Cinnamon Roll Bread Pudding
• White Chocolate Pound Cake

More Berry Recipes

• Triple Berry Cobbler
• Blueberry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
• Strawberry Chocolate Bark

More Cold Side Dish Recipes

• KFC Cole Slaw
• Wedge Salad Dip
• Chicken Salad Chick Broccoli Salad

More Fruity Recipes

• Chicken Salad Chick Grape Salad
• Pineapple Orange Sunshine Cake
• Chicken Salad Chick Maui Mama Chicken Salad

Recipe Variations for Muffies

The possibilities are endless for muffies – think of all the muffin flavors you’ve had and make them into muffies! Here are the ones I’m making next:

• Fruit – I know I’m trying them with dried, chopped blueberries this weekend!
• Pumpkin – use the batter from these Panera Pumpkin Muffins to make pumpkin muffies!
• Different Chips – those peanut butter chips are also next on my list – not sure they make them in mini – but I’ll try full size!
• Banana – I have a recipe for Rhubarb Banana Muffins I’m going to try in these pans too!

How to make Panera Chocolate Chip Muffies

First question you’re probably thinking is – do I NEED to buy a special muffin top pan? Nah – but I will say – I liked them better in the pans. But I tried both so you know either way!

Why did I like the muffin top pans better? I knew how much batter to put in and the bottoms were crispier like Panera. That said – the baking sheet ones turned out delicious as well. But I do think now that I have the pans – I’ll use them more often!

1. Preheat oven to 375F
2. Prepare 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or muffin top pans with non stick spray
3. In a large mixing bowl, add sugar and softened butter. Using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar at high speed until creamy – about 2-3 minutes. 
4. Add the egg, vanilla and buttermilk until combined.
5. In a separate large bowl, add in the dry ingredients – all purpose flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and mini chocolate chips.
6. Add dry ingredients to the mixing bowl with the wet ingredients and stir together by hand with a spatula just until combined.
7. Chill the dough batter for 20 to 25 minutes in the refrigerator.
8. Use a 1.5″ cookie or ice cream scoop to scoop the muffin batter into mounds on the sheets – leaving 2-3 inches between the muffins on parchment lined baking sheets – or into muffin top pans. 
   • To make large muffin tops, you’ll want two medium cookie scoops (1.5″ scoop) of batter. This will fill the muffin pan enough to make it full and will also hold together on the parchment paper.
   • This will make 8 large muffies or 12 smaller
9. Bake 10 to 15 minutes until golden. 12 minutes was about right for my oven. If you’re putting pans on two oven racks – be sure to rotate pan to opposite racks half way to ensure even baking. Test with a toothpick to see if it comes out clean. Although – mine all came out covered in gooey chocolate!
10. Let the muffin tops rest for a couple of minutes out of the oven. Then carefully remove to a cooling rack until cool.

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More Muffin Recipes

• Panera Pumpkin Muffins
• Banana Rhubarb Muffins
• Double Chocolate Blueberry Muffins

More Panera Recipes

• Panera Bacon Egg Souffle
• Panera Southwest Chicken Melt
• Panera 10 Vegetable Soup

How to Make Cracker Barrel Fried Apple Recipe

I always try and keep the recipes as close to the restaurant version as possible. With Cracker Barrel Fried Apples it means keeping the peel on and having them sweet! Plus they are fried AND baked! So lets get started:

1. Preheat oven to 350º
2. Core and slice apples. I used apple core/slicer but you could cut them into about 6-8 slices. You do NOT want thin slices – they’ll fall apart too quick and you’ll have applesauce!
   • If you’re doing this ahead of time, feel free to sprinkle on lemon juice so they don’t brown.
3. Melt butter and brown sugar in a large cast iron skillet over medium heat. It’s important to use cast iron as it holds heat much better and will stay hotter. If you don’t have cast iron – be sure to use an large skillet that is oven safe – and the process will take a little longer.
4. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add the apples to the skillet and toss to coat evenly with sugar mixture. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the apples start to get slightly browned. This may be 3-4 minutes if not using cast iron.
5. Stir the apples so that all apples are browned. Remove from heat and sprinkle apple pie spice, cinnamon and salt over the apples and stir again. Add 1/4 cup water (or apple juice).
6. Place pan with apples uncovered in preheated oven for 10-15 minutes. If you’re not using cast iron – it may take 15-20. Check the apples on the early side – because you want to be sure they are not too soft. Test them with a fork – they should be fork tender but still a little firm.
7. Remove apples from oven and stir. 
8. In a small bowl, mix the water and cornstarch into a slurry. Pour the cornstarch slurry in the pan. This will thicken the sauce.
9. Serve as a side, dessert or with ice cream!

How to Serve Fried Apples

Fried Apples are delicious on their own but you can serve them in multiple ways. Here are a few ideas:

• Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream!
• Top your pancakes or waffles with a big spoonful of apples!
• Pork Chops! Grilled pork chops taste even better with some fried apples!
• Cottage Cheese – top your cottage cheese with apples for a fruity treat.
• Use the fried apples as apple pie filling!

More Cracker Barrel Recipes

• Cracker Barrel Chicken Pot Pie
• Crockpot Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole
• Cracker Barrel Hamburger Steak

More Apple Recipes

• Honeybaked Ham Cinnamon Apples
• Hasselback Apples
• Dutch Oven Apple Crisp

How to make Bob Evans Banana Bread

This is an easy-to-make moist banana bread recipe you can have in the oven in 10 minutes or less! Let’s get started:

1. Heat oven to 350.
2. Peel bananas and add them to a large mixing bowl. Mash with a fork.
3. Add remaining wet ingredients (eggs, oil, butter) to the mashed bananas and beat with whisk until blended. (You can use a hand mixer but it’s not necessary.)
4. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, salt). Add to banana mixture and stir batter until just moistened. 
5. Lightly fold in walnuts
6. Pour into a 9×5″ loaf pan sprayed with cooking spray.
7. Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cook time will vary depending on the size of your pan. Always test to be sure the middle is done before finishing.
8. Cool in pan 10 min; slip a knife around the edges of the loaf and flip it over to remove from pan. Rest on a wire rack to cool completely. 

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More Copycat Recipes

• Bob Evans Sausage Gravy
• Panera Pumpkin Muffins
• IHOP Strawberry Cheesecake Tacos
• Popeye’s Strawberry Biscuits
• Cracker Barrel Chicken Pot Pie

More Quick Bread Recipes

• Strawberry Zucchini Bread
• Ocean Spray Cranberry Bread
• Lemon Blueberry Banana Bread

What You Will About Lemon Blueberry Banana Bread

• Subtle Flavor – The lemon flavor is subtle but the zest brings it out nicely!
• Blueber-riffic! I bought a big batch of blueberries earlier this spring and froze them – so I pulled out an over-filled cup for this recipe!
• Aromatic – About 30 minutes into baking this – I just closed my eyes and took a big whiff! The smell was drool-worthy!

Recipe Variations

Quick breads are delicious and you can make them a lot of ways! Here’s a few ideas:

• Berries – I’ve made Strawberry Zucchini bread – so how about strawberry banana bread?! You could also use raspberries or blackberries.
• Rhubarb – These Rhubarb Banana Muffins are a big hit in my family – so you could easily swap it to a loaf pan instead of muffins!
• Muffins – Banana muffins are super tasty – you can adjust the ingredients slightly for a slightly runnier batter and have muffins!
• Chocolate – I love chocolate chips in banana bread!

How to make Blueberry Lemon Banana Bread

Quick breads are so easy to make!

1. Mash the bananas and set aside. Preheat oven to 350º.
2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar with a mixer. You’ll want to mix for 3-4 minutes until the mixture is more creamy than gritty.
   • You can use a hand mixture or stand mixer.
3. Add in lemon juice and vanilla and mix.
4. To sugar mixture, add in dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix again.
5. Add the banana and mix in. (You can stir bananas in but the mixer incorporates it better)
6. Toss frozen blueberries in flour and shake off any excess
7. Gently fold in floured blueberries and all but a teaspoon of zest.
8. Spoon batter into a greased loaf pan and smooth the top. Sprinkle remaining lemon zest on top and bake for 50-60 minutes. Check with a toothpick or cake tester to be sure comes out clean.
9. Cool on a rack for at least 10 minutes in the pan. Then – carefully – use a towel to cover top of bread. Turn loaf pan over and remove loaf of bread – then set on rack to continue cooling.
10. Slice and serve with softened butter.

More Quick Bread Recipes

• Better than Bob Evans Banana Bread
• Strawberry Zucchini Bread
• Ocean Spray Cranberry Bread
• Chocolate Pumpkin Bread

Blueberry Recipes

• Egg Free Blueberry Cornbread
• Starbucks Blueberry Scones
• Double Chocolate Blueberry Muffins

How to make Smashed Blackstone Cinnamon Rolls

As with most Blackstone recipes – it goes quick! I highly recommend using LOW HEAT! A couple of my cinnamon rolls were a little crispier than I would have liked (but Icing fixes that!).

1. Heat griddle on medium – keep the flame low!
2. Sprinkle light coat of oil across griddle
   • You can also use butter or bacon grease for more flavor
3. Open cinnamon roll tube and lay down canned cinnamon rolls across preheated griddle leaving plenty of space between them for pressing
4. Using a heavy spatula or burger press, press cinnamon rolls flat on the first side.
   • Best to lay a sheet of parchment paper on each roll before pressing so they don’t stick. If you don’t have that – just use another griddle spatula to slip off.
5. Heat for 1-2 minutes and flip when golden brown. WATCH CLOSELY as they cook super fast! Cooking times will vary slightly based on the thickness of the cinnamon roll.
6. Heat for 1-2 minutes more until that side is golden brown perfection.
7. Remove cinnamon rolls and drizzle with icing

More Breakfast Blackstone Griddle Recipes

• Blackstone French Toast
• Blackstone Pineapple Upside Down Pancakes
• Scrambled Eggs on the Blackstone

More Sweet Breakfast Recipes

• Maple Sausage Bacon French Toast Bake
• TikTok Cinnamon Rolls
• Hong Kong French Toast