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My Family’s Apple Cobbler Recipe

Warm apple cobbler with golden crumb topping, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, topped with vanilla ice cream
  • Serves:  8
  • Prep Time:  20 min
  • Cook Time:  50 min

Ingredients

Apple Filling

  • ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg, (optional)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, (from 1 lemon)
  • 8 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced

Cobbler Topping

  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
  • ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tablespoon heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar

For Serving (optional)

  • Vanilla ice cream
  • Crème fraîche
  • Fresh whipped cream

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F with a rack in the center position.
  2. Make the apple filling. Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the flour and cook, stirring, until a paste forms, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, if using, lemon juice, and ¼ cup water. Bring to a boil, stirring often, then reduce the heat to low. Cook, stirring, until the sugars begin to dissolve, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat. Add the apples and toss to coat.
  3. Transfer the filling to a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Bake for 10 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, make the topping. In the base of a food processor, pulse the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt, 5 times to combine. Add the butter and pulse until rice-size crumbs form, about 10 times. Pour in ¾ cup of the cream and pulse until the dough begins to clump.
  5. Turn the dough out onto a piece of parchment paper and divide it into 12 equal pieces. Loosely form each piece into a 2½-inch wide disc. Remove the dish from the oven and top the apples with the discs.
  6. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and the remaining 1 tablespoon heavy cream. Brush the discs with egg wash and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Return the baking dish to the oven for another 20 to 25 minutes, or until the topping is golden brown and the apples are tender. Let cool for 15 minutes.
  7. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, crème fraîche, or whipped cream, if using.