While cobbler is sometimes described as a type of fruit pie, it is not actually a pie at all and uses a completely different dough. A pie is made in a pie dish with a pastry dough, and a cobbler is made with a more biscuit-like batter. Cobblers are named such because the biscuit batter is dropped or spooned on top of the filling, creating a cobbled texture. The filling peeks through the cobbles and creates uneven and random texture that never looks the same twice!