A good apple cobbler is an autumn staple. From my point of you, we should all enjoy the the seasons of the year, and use the ingredients that are the most available at any given time, to make delicious recipes. There is nothing better than using seasonal fruits and ingredients, when they are ripe and at their best. We, of course, love making dessert recipes with all of them.

A cobbler is a simple dessert that I personally, love to pieces. It is made up of a fruit base (you can use several types of fruit for this), and then a layer of fluffy batter on top. This is baked and you then end up with a crispy yet fluffy and moist sort of cake, with caramelized fruit underneath. The combination is simply amazing. The whole thing is rich, full of flavor and decadent. The best part is that juice that comes out of the fruit, paired with the cake-like part on top. You will love it!, guaranteed.

So, as I was saying, right now, being autum, we have to make the most of autum fruit and ingredients. We are absolutely loving the idea of using apples, carrots, pumpkin, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and sweet potato among many other things. What is your favorite fall ingredient to use for desserts?

Plus, autum is probably the coziest of all seasons of the year. And don’t you love the idea of cuddling up with some of this apple cobbler to watch your favorite spooky movies? I certainly love the idea of a rainy of cloudy afternoon spent like this.

Something important to mention is that for this recipe, and as with some of our other apple dessert recipes here in our blog, we recommend you use green apples. In this case, it gives that acid touch to everything, which we like so much in contrast with the sweetness and whole-bodieness of it all.

Now, the best way to eat a cobbler, of any type, is when it is still pretty warm, right out of the oven, and to serve it with some vanilla ice crem on top or on the side. Have I convinced you to give this recipe a try yet?

If you like this recipe, you have to check out our peach cobbler. I love peaches, and when used for a cobbler, they are just so good!

Apple cobbler

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 50 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Servings: 8

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

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Ingredients

  

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For the apple filling:

• 5 green apples, peeled and sliced
• 2/3 C (4.70 oz) (133 gr) brown sugar
• 2 tbsp (0.56 oz) (16 gr) all purpouse flour
• 1 tsp (0.17 fl oz) (5 ml) vanilla extract
• 1 tsp (0.17 fl oz) (5 ml) natural lemon or lime juice
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
• 4 tbsp (2.12 oz) (60 gr) unsalted butter, really cold and cut into small cubes

For the dough:

• 1 1/2 C (6.90 oz) (195 gr) all purpouse flour
• 1/2 C (3.50 oz) (100 gr) white sugar
• 1/4 tsp (0.04 oz) (1.2 gr) salt
• 1 3/4 tsp (8.7 gr)(0.30 oz) baking powder
• 1/4 tsp (0.04 oz) (1.2 gr) baking soda
• 6 tbsp (3.20 oz) (90 gr) unsalted butter, really cold and cut into small cubes
• 1 C (240 ml) buttermilk, really cold
• 1 tbsp (0.53 oz) (15 gr) white sugar, for sprinkling at the end

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Equipment

• 1 baking dish

Method

 

For the apple filling:

1. Preheat the oven to 374º F (190° C). Peel and core the apples. Then slice them and place the slices in a high-walled rectangular baking dish measuring approximately 11 inches x 7 inches (28 cm x 18 cm).
2. In the same baking dish add the brown sugar, flour, vanilla extract, lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg powder. Mix with a spoon so that all the ingredients are integrated and add the butter cubes on top. Place in the refrigerator until needed.

For the dough:

1. In a large bowl, integrate the flour with the sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda and mix everything very well with a spoon.
2. Add in the very cold butter and knead with a pastry blender or with your fingertips until a sandy dough is formed and the butter is in small but still visible pieces. It is important to work quickly so that the butter keeps cold. This step can also be done in a food processor.
3. Add the cold buttermilk and mix with the same spoon so that the ingredients are integrated but not overmixed. The dough will look a little lumpy and wet but this is the way it should be.
4. Using a large spoon or an ice cream scoop, add 8 to 10 spoonfuls of batter into the baking dish on top of the apples, trying to keep the filling showing between each spoonful in a way that the apples are not completely covered. If necessary, you can spread a little of the batter with a spoon to make it look more uniform.
5. Sprinkle some sugar on top and bake the cobbler at 374º F (190° C) for about 50 minutes until golden brown. Once ready, take the cobbler out of the oven and let it rest for 10 minutes. Serve while still warm with ice cream or whipped cream if desired.

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