Southern comfort food at its very best in this delicious and easy to make Banana Bread Cobbler.
What does “comfort food” mean to you? It’s almost impossible to define, isn’t it? It really means something different to everyone.
For a southerner like me, it might mean fried chicken and cornbread. Or okra and tomatoes. Or field peas with sliced tomatoes. It really depends on the season and the reason.
Comfort food for cold weather is completely different than comfort food for the summer. And comfort food for when you’re homesick is a different thing from comfort food for a heartbreak.
This comforting recipe was adapted from one of my many Southern Living cookbooks, “Comfort Food Made Easy.” I’ve been a Southern Living fan for as long as I can remember. Their magazine is a constant presence on our coffee table and I have their annual cookbooks all the way back to 1982. Their comfort food title contains recipes that are easy, hearty, and perfect for busy cooks.
This Banana Bread Cobbler uses ingredients that you probably have in your kitchen right now and takes, at the most, 15 minutes to pull together. Pop it in the oven while you’re getting the rest of your meal done and then just sit back and enjoy the compliments.
Southern comfort food at its very best in this delicious and easy to make Banana Bread Cobbler. Click To Tweet
How to Make Banana Bread Cobbler
Preheat the oven to 375. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and milk until just blended. Whisk in the melted butter. Pour the batter into a lightly greased 11×7 baking dish.
Top with the banana slices.
Make the Streusel Topping
To make the streusel, in a medium bowl use a fork to stir together the brown sugar, flour, and butter until a crumbly mixture is achieved. Stir in the oats and pecans.
Sprinkle the streusel mixture over the banana slices. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Enjoy!
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Banana Bread Cobbler
Ingredients
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 4 medium-size ripe bananas, sliced
- Streusel topping
- Vanilla ice cream
For the streusel:
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup uncooked regular oats
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, and milk until just blended. Whisk in the melted butter.
- Pour the batter into a lightly greased 11x7 baking dish. Top with the banana slices and sprinkle with the streusel topping.
- To make the streusel, in a medium bowl use a fork to stir together the brown sugar, flour, and butter until a crumbly mixture is achieved. Stir in the oats and pecans.
- Sprinkle the streusel mixture over the banana slices. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown.
- Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Southern Living's Comfort Food Made Easy
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving:Calories: 636 Total Fat: 31g Saturated Fat: 17g Trans Fat: 1g Unsaturated Fat: 12g Cholesterol: 71mg Sodium: 497mg Carbohydrates: 86g Fiber: 4g Sugar: 53g Protein: 7g
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Kim Porter says
atMy favorite comfort food is chicken pot pie!
Miss P says
atI love it all. Especially lemon meringue pie.
Miss P
Anita says
atFried chicken of course!
gloria patterson says
atMy favorite comfort food is chicken and dumplings. It was my favorite as a kid and I still want it if I have one of the days.
MY Banana Bread Cobbler is in the oven right now. This looked so good and as you said I had everything to make it. It reminds me of impossible pie that is also southern I think :-)
Wonder if others fruits would be as good.
Bev says
atOkra chips! Going to try your southern tea cakes this week.
Love the short stories with your recipes.
Happy April Fools Day, the sun is shinning here in PA maybe
spring will arrive after all.
Ellen H says
atMy favorite comfort food is actually a meal, not just one dish. Growing up, just about every Tuesday night, we had pan-fried ham steak with Coca Cola gravy, LeSeur peas, and yellow rice. Not gourmet and definitely easy, but the one meal I ask my mom to make when I have supper at their house!
Rebecca Cruz says
atWhen I think of comfort food the first thing that pops into my mind is my grandmother. Of course grandmas are well known for great food. For winter it would have to be a very creamy macaroni and cheese, of course with a Vermont sharp cheddar being that I am from new York originally. Summer would have to be the perfect combination of a strawberry rhubarb pie, that’s definitely refreshing on a hot day, of couse topped with homemade whipped cream. both of these recipies are great and easy to make and comforting of course. Whether you are from the north or south everyone loves some down home American comfort food.
Alicia J. says
atMashed potatoes and gravy are the best.
Denise Elmer says
atMy favorite comfort food is meat loaf and mashed potatoes.
Mary Lotempio says
atMine as well, I remember in the 50s , the store Woolworth’s had a restaurant, and they served the best meatloaf , mashed potatoes, and gravy. My mother took me there as a child, and ordered that. I’ve never forgot that I thought that was the best. I still love meatloaf and mash potatoes with gravy today.
Ps. that was over 65 years ago.
Betty says
atI grew up in an Italian home, so my go-to comfort food is usually pasta. Anything warm, cheesy and/or buttery is good for me!! :)
Peg H says
atAs you pointed out, different “occasions” call for different comfort foods. Having said that I think my all-time favorite comfort food is turkey & cornbread dressing w/mashed potatoes and giblet gravy. (Is it wrong of me to point out that YOUR egg bread/cornbread dressing recipe is my go-to recipe?)
Sheyla says
atMy comfort food is the classic hot chicken wings from the “Wing Basket” , here in Albuquerque.
Amanda says
atMy favorite comfort food is my mom’s homemade macaroni and cheese–sharp white cheddar gooey goodness that can always make me feel better. Too bad mine never tastes quite as good as when she makes it, but it still works!
Beverly S. says
atI have several favorite comfort foods…I love chicken and dumplings, chicken, keilbasa & rice (aka: chicken bog), my moms butter beans, and banana pudding…just not all at the same time! =)
sarapete says
atComfort food is warm fresh chocolate chip cookies.
Tommie says
atI come from Georgia, so my favorite food, after fried chicken, of course, has to be pecan pie. But now I live in Texas, so that pie is now twice as good because I can drown it with Blue Bell homemade vanilla ice cream. Nothing else on earth comes close!
Bonnie R. S. says
atMy favorite comfort food is homemade potato soup.
Rhonda says
atMy comfort food is mac and cheese with a little dollop of sour cream on top so yummy!!!
Carol at Wild Goose Tea says
atFirst I have to comment on this wonderful recipe. I apply the ‘wonderful’ adjective because of your point—-ingredients I readily have on hand and quick. Comfort food for me is probably either
meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy or mac and cheese. Oh yeah dessert would be a bread pudding of some sort.
Angel S, says
atChicken and dumplings!
Donna says
atChicken and dumplings and banana pudding are great comfort foods. My husband loves banana pudding and he is excited about me trying the cobbler recipe this weekend. Thanks for great recipes and ideas..
Kathy Flowers says
atMy favorite comfort food is fluffy, buttery mashed potatoes! No gravy, thank you, just plenty of black pepper and a touch of sea salt!
Leslie Kiley says
atMy comfort food is chicken , peas and buttery rice! I have it when I am sick, sad or just want to be at home. It was always served to us by my mom and my daughter loves it too!
pat says
atMy homemade chicken and dumplings…..just like my mom’s!
Stanford Oliver says
atMy Favorite Comfort Food? A big pot of Polish Creamed Stew with Kielbasa on a cold winter’s evening!
Linda K. says
atI like fried chicken.
Ashley B. says
atGrilled cheese or perhaps mac & cheese if I was out of bread, haha!
Jim K says
atMy comfort food since the late 1940’s — green beans slowly simmered with bacon and a side of crispy-edged cornbread (baked in a cast iron skillet, of course). Although my Mom, Grandma, and the two favorite aunts are no longer here to cook it for me, they taught me how to make it. So I’m always surrounded by family when I’m cooking me some green beans.
Lorraine says
atGumbo! Moms homemade chicken noodle soup!
Dixie says
atMullet and cheese grits.