Apricot Cobbler

This is an easy canned apricot recipe you will love. I mean other fruits would work just as well but this one is unique. Sweet with a bit of tang they are firmer than peaches which works well to make this type of easy dump cake baked in the oven.

Homemade

Now we have made treats like this over the years a number of different ways. A homemade simple flour and sugar mixture like you see here is great. We have used a boxed mix such as our diced Apple Cobbler with Bisquick as well which means fewer ingredients to make. We’ll share the step by step directions for this below in the recipe card.

Cake Mix Apricot Cobbler

If you wanted to make this with a Betty Crocker white mix I would follow our Cake Mix Peach Cobbler directions but with a can of these instead. You can leave the slices as is or I like to cut them into thirds sometimes if I have little ones enjoying it so each bite is easier to enjoy without slicing.

Do you Have to Peel Apricots for Cobbler?

Not necessarily. Using canned apricots makes this to make the whole process easier. If you cannot find that at your local grocery store we do have a link to buy them online here. In the event that you want to go from scratch all the way and remove them yourself you can! This is how to remove skin from apricots right at home;

How to Peel Apricots

You want to find fresh apricots that are on the firmer side of things for this method. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Prepare a large bowl of ice water too, I put this in the sink. Cut an X on the bottom of ripe apricots with a knife so the skins can peel up when heated.

• Drop carefully into the boiling water for about 30-60 seconds to blanch fruit quickly.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer them immediately into the ice water bath to stop the cooking process.
• After a few minutes, you can easily remove one at a time using a sharp knife to grab the edge that has peeled up with your thumb and blade.
• Gently pull to the top and discard. Then you can hold, slice so you have two apricot halves, remove the pit.
• Make apricot jam with the insides or bake your favorite summer dessert as you’d like.

You can do this with all different fruits too. Of course it is easier to buy already in a can or using pie filling too like we did with our Cake Mix Cherry Cobbler.

What Can You Make with A Lot of Apricots?

Now we have shown you how to make Cake Mix Cobbler with pie filling a bunch on our food blog recently. Also amazing, this one will give you larger chunks of fruit in every bite. The topping is made from scratch vs. from a boxed mix.

Those are more like dump cake recipes in that there are different layers of ingredients but not much mixing involved. Here I made more of a batter to pour over the top so it could ooze down and envelop the pieces below and bake into more of a cake like texture.

For this cobbler with apricots you could. The top batter works well with really any canned fruit and peaches would be the most similar. The biggest difference between the two is that the slices are smaller with these but you can slice any fruit into bite size pieces for a delicious dessert idea.

I sometimes use a springform pan to make this as a version like our Cinnamon Roll Cobbler which is a fun one too but for this one it has a lot of juices so I would recommend a casserole dish like you see here. 9×13 inch is about right to fit it all.

Ingredient Notes

Apricots should be sliced, skins removed, but easier than that is to just use a large can where this is already done. You are going to drain the juices from that and use the other sweeteners below.

• Lemon juice for zing and keeping the fruit from browning is important.
• Cornstarch is used to thicken the sauce underneath, arrowroot flour would be a gluten free option
• Brown sugar is added for sweetness. You could use a sugar-free Splenda alternative if need be.
• Then for the crust you are going to start out with the dry ingredients which are all purpose flour and baking powder.
• 3 oz butter sliced will melt and give it a creamy deep flavor
• A room temperature egg should be large and we prefer organic and free range for the richest flavor.
• Milk, 2 percent or whole is best to make the thick batter to create the cobbler like top layer with some sugar to sweeten it up.

Substitutions

You could make this dairy free with almond or cashew milk. There are vegan plant based butter products out there that work and taste very similar at the store too.