Apple Cobbler

Apple Cobbler - a popular fall dessert made from saucy and spiced sweet cinnamon fresh apples, cinnamon with a golden brown crumbly, biscuit-like top. Serve it on top with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Perfect dessert all-year round!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings - 5

Calories 858kcal

Author Immaculate Bites

Ingredients

2 1/2 lbs variety of a good cooking apples such as Granny Smith, Pippin, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Gravenstein
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
⅓ cup sugar
⅓ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ -½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Crust Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick or 4 ounces) unsalted butter , cut into small cubes
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon finely chopped crystallized ginger

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Instructions

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Spray a 10-inch pie pan or 9 inch deep pie pan and set aside. You may alternatively use butter to oil the pan.
Next Add butter and sugar in a sauce pan, let it melt then add apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and cornstarch stir until combined .
Reduce heat and let it cook for about 7 minutes , apples should be firm but tender . Remove from stove and let it cool.
While it cools , mix the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, salt ,baking powder and soda in a large bowl.
Add butter a into flour mixture and mix with hands until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Gently stir in buttermilk into dry ingredients until all is moistened. Don’t overwork the dough.
Pour the apple pie filling into the pan
Then add the dough over the apple pie filling in the pan. Sprinkle with crystalized or brown sugar.
Place cobbler on a baking sheet, just in case you have some drippings from the pie.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 -45 minutes or until the topping is cooked through and the filling is bubbly. Remove and let it cool down for serving.
Serve with vanilla ice cream.

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