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Cinnamon Apple Cobbler Recipe: How to Make Apple Cobbler

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Last updated: Dec 7, 2022 • 2 min read

Apple cobbler is a fall dessert that features an apple base and a biscuit topping.

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What Is Apple Cobbler?

Apple cobbler is a freeform fall dessert with an apple base and a biscuit topping. The name “cobbler” comes from the shape of the batter or biscuit dough dropped in dollops on the fruit—the dough puffs up to look like cobblestone streets. This old-fashioned fruit dessert dates back to the nineteenth century. Apple cobbler is not to be confused with apple crisp, which is a similar apple dessert recipe featuring a streusel, rather than biscuit, topping.

3 Tips for Making Apple Cobbler

Making an apple cobbler is just like making a blueberry cobbler, cherry cobbler, peach cobbler, or blackberry cobbler. Follow these tips to make the best apple cobbler.

  1. 1. Adjust the sugar. Apples range in sweetness, so it's important to taste them before adding the sugar. For apples that already taste sweet (like Fuji, golden delicious, or honeycrisp apples), use less sugar—as little as a quarter cup. For apples that taste very tart (like Granny Smith apples), use more sugar—as much as three quarters of a cup.
  2. 2. Mix and match. If you have a variety of different types of fruit, mix them all together in a cobbler. Apples pair especially well with tart berries like blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries.
  3. 3. Add your favorite spices. Cinnamon and apple are a classic pairing, but you can experiment with other warm spices like allspice, nutmeg, and cardamom.

Easy Apple Cobbler Recipe

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makes

One 9x13-inch baking dish

prep time

10 min

total time

55 min

cook time

45 min

Ingredients

For the apple filling:

For the topping:

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 380 degrees Fahrenheit.

  2. 2

    Combine the apple slices, sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, cinnamon, and cornstarch in a medium bowl.

  3. 3

    Stir to incorporate, and set the apple mixture aside.

  4. 4

    In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients.

  5. 5

    Whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

  6. 6

    Add the cubed butter, and work it into the flour mixture with your hands until it resembles coarse bread crumbs.

  7. 7

    Whisk a ½ cup of buttermilk, egg, and vanilla together in a glass measuring cup or small bowl; add it to the flour and butter mixture and stir together with your hands or a rubber spatula, just until combined.

  8. 8

    Transfer the apple mixture to a large baking dish.

  9. 9

    Use your hands to tear off a ½ cup of pieces of cobbler topping, and place it over the surface.

  10. 10

    Brush the dough with the remaining tablespoons of buttermilk, and then sprinkle with Demerara sugar.

  11. 11

    Bake until the tops are golden brown and crispy and juices are thick and bubbling, about 45 minutes.

  12. 12

    Remove the pan from the oven.

  13. 13

    Let the cobbler cool slightly before serving with a scoop of ice cream or whipped cream.

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