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.

pear cobbler made with fresh pears is served on a white plate with a dollop of whipped 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 one of our favorite pear dessert recipes!

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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overhead view of a white plate with a serving of homemade pear cobbler on it, garnished with whipped cream. A fork and the remaining baking dish of cobbler is in the background.

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!

two Bartlett pears in a woman's hand. One is yellow and ripe, the other is green and unripe.

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

close-up overhead view of spiced pear cobbler, made with fresh pears, on a white plate served with whipped cream.

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.

two photos; one shows pats of butter in a glass baking dish. The other shows the butter melted in the dish.

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.

Two photos; one shows pears, sugar, and spices in a saucepan. The other shows a spatula stirring the pears as they cook and the juices thicken.

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!

two photos; one shows self-rising flour, sugar, and milk whisked together in a glass measuring cup. The other shows the flour mixture poured over melted butter in the baking dish.

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.

cooked pear mixture poured over the flour mixture in the baking dish, showing what the pear cobbler mixture looks like before baking.

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

freshly baked pear cobbler in a glass baking dish, setting on a blue and white checkered cloth napkin.

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.

A generous helping of southern pear cobbler on a white plate, with a dollop of whipped cream for garnish. The remaining dish of cobbler is in the background.

Recommended Equipment:

Yield: 6 Servings

Easy Pear Cobbler

Name: Easy Pear Cobbler
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 ripe pears, peeled, cored, and sliced (approx. 3 cups); 1 cup granulated sugar, divided; 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg; 3 TBSP unsalted butter; 1/2 cup self-rising flour; 1/3 cup milk

Fresh pears and warm spices combine in a decadent cobbler that pairs perfectly with ice cream or whipped cream!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

4 ripe pears, peeled, cored, and sliced (approx. 3 cups)
1 cup granulated sugar, divided
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
3 TBSP unsalted butter
1/2 cup self-rising flour
1/3 cup milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Add butter to an 8x8" baking dish and place in the oven to melt while oven preheats.
Add pears, 1/2 cup sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg to a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring often, until sugar is dissolved and juices are releasing from the pears. Set aside.
In a small mixing bowl, combine self-rising flour, remaining 1/2 cup of granulated sugar, and milk. Whisk together until smooth.
Remove pan of melted butter from oven. Pour flour mixture over the melted butter. Do not stir!
Pour pear mixture, including the juices, evenly over the flour mixture. Again, do not stir!
Transfer to oven and bake for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown and bubbly.
Serve warm.

Notes

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 9x13" 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.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 292Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 133mgCarbohydrates: 60gFiber: 4gSugar: 46gProtein: 2g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated and is not guaranteed for accuracy.

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two photos; one shows a serving of pear cobbler on a white plate with whipped cream, the other shows a spoon scooping out some cobbler form the baking dish.

Categories:

Cobblers, Desserts, Easy Recipes, Fall Recipes, Pear Recipes,

4 Comments

My mom and I sat down earlier to enjoy what we thought would be a delicious dish made from the remainder of our pears.
She worked diligently to follow the recipe, eagerly anticipating a sweet dessert to enjoy while settling down from the holidays.

We got comfortably settled on our couch, cobbler dishes in hand and ready to be eaten… only to be met with disappointment.
Moments after our first bites, it felt as if our tongues and lips were numb.
The cinnamon and the nutmeg, especially, were attacking our tongues and overwhelming the flavour, drowning out the pear almost entirely.

She is heartbroken that she feels this is a dish we cannot enjoy until the last crumbs have been consumed… we instead have to toss the remainder as none of us like the sensation of nutmeg lips and the obfuscation of pear and crust.

She has been baking for years so it was not a mistake of measurement. We do not have cinnamon or nutmeg allergies and have enjoyed them very much in other dishes.
But this recipe overdid the spice, especially with the inclusion of the nutmeg, and it unfortunately ruined this dish completely… even being just 1/4tsp of it.

Please, spare yourselves the trouble and either go with a very *slight* addition of the spices— nutmeg, specifically— or omit it entirely.

Chrysti Benner says:

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So sorry to hear you and your mother did not enjoy it! The amount of cinnamon and nutmeg added is actually quite minimal–it’s about the same or less than what would be included in an apple cobbler, and is intended to pair with the flavor of the pears. Of course, you are welcome to omit the nutmeg and/or cinnamon if that suits your tastes better! 🙂

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