Apple Cobbler is comfort food and a popular dessert! This recipe has three layers, a layer of melted butter topped with a cake batter, then the cooked apples are evenly spread on the batter and are baked until golden in color. Serve apple cobbler warm with your favorite ice cream.
Apple cobbler ingredients
The basic Apple cobbler ingredients are the same. However, some add more spices to the filling, and some keep it simple. Some apple cobblers use biscuits as a topping while in the recipe I’m sharing today I preferred to use a batter instead.
Apples: Cored and peeled, you can use any apple or mixture of apples.
Sugar: Brown or white it depends on your taste, but the brown sugar will give a pleasant caramel flavor to the filling.
Flour: I have used all-purpose flour.
Egg: One large
Unsalted butter: It is best to use unsalted butter in this recipe so you can have control over the flavor.
Milk
Vanilla
Cinnamon powder
Baking Powder: For a light and fluffy cake layer.
Biscuits vs. Batter for cobbler
I like both versions, but I will go for the batter because it is lighter and fluffier, it goes well with ice cream, and when warmed it maintains the same fresh taste.
No matter what you want to go for, make sure not to overbeat the batter or over mix the dough for the biscuits. Overbeaten batter can ruin the whole dish; it will not rise and will turn chewy.
How to make apple cobbler
There are three steps in making apple cobbler. First, melt the butter in the oven, and you need to do this in the oven because you want the baking pan to be hot when pouring the batter in it.
The second step is making the filling, which consists of apples, sugar, and cinnamon. The third step is making the batter by mixing the flour with baking powder and salt. Beating the wet ingredients plus sugar in a different bowl and then mix both the dry ingredients with the wet.
If you like cobbler recipes, then try my Peach Cobbler, and don’t forget to let me know how you liked it!
Apple Cobbler Recipe
Ingredients
FOR THE FILLING
- 3 cups peeled and sliced apples
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg optional
- 1/3 cup sugar white or brown
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
FOR THE BATTER
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- ¾ cup milk
Instructions
FOR THE FILLING
- In a pan, add the apples, cinnamon powder, nutmeg (optional), sugar, and lemon juice. Cook over medium-high for 5 minutes or until juices comes out of the apples. Keep aside.
- In a 9-inch baking pan add half a cup of unsalted butter. Place the baking pan in a preheated oven of 350F/180C, when the butter melts remove it from the oven.
TO MAKE THE BATTER
- Sift the flour with baking powder, and salt. Keep aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add the egg, vanilla, sugar, and beat for 2 minutes.
- Add the milk and beat until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until combined, do not over mix the batter even if you see few small lumps.
- Pour the batter over the melted butter, do not mix the two or the batter will sink and turn chewy.
- Gently spread the apples over the batter and do not mix it with the batter or push it in the batter. Pour the juices from the apples all over the batter.
- Bake the cobbler for 25 to 30 minutes. Allow the apple cobbler to set for 5 minutes.
- Serve with ice cream and enjoy.
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