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Apple Cobbler

Apple Cobbler
  • Category

    Dessert

  • Cusine

    American

What do you need?
How to make?

Ingredients

3 lbs of a variety of good cooking apples such as Granny Smith, Pippin, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Gravenstein

2 Tbsp lemon juice

4 Tbsp unsalted butter

1/2 cup sugar

1 Tbsp flour

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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 unsalted butter, cut into small cubes

1 cup buttermilk

1 Tbsp finely chopped crystallized ginger

1 teaspoon lemon zest or orange zest

Directions

Peel, quarter, and core the apples. Cut them into 1/4 to 1/2 inch chunks. As you prep the apples, add them to a bowl and toss with lemon juice to keep them from oxidizing .

Melt the butter in a large pan over medium heat. Add the chopped apples , sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Toss to coat with everything so that the spices and sugar are well distributed throughout the apples. Partially cover the pot and cook until the apples are just tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the vanilla, and toss to coat with a tablespoon of flour.

Transfer the apple cobbler filling to a 10-inch pie dish, a 9-inch deep-dish pie dish, or a 9x9-inch baking dish. the oven to 425 degrees F.

In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the cubed butter and toss to coat with the flour mixture. Use your fingertips or a pastry blender to cut the butter into the flour mixture until the largest piece of butter is no bigger than a pea. Stir in the candied ginger and zest. Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and pour in the buttermilk. Use a fork to stir the flour and buttermilk together until the flour is all moistened.

Crumble the cobbler dough over the top of the apples in the baking dish. , and place the cobbler on the next lowest rack. Bake for 10 minutes at 425 degrees F until the top is beginning to brown, about 10 to 15 minutes. Then lower the temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for 30 more minutes until the topping is cooked through and the filling is bubbly. Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.