Description
Discover this comforting, homemade apple cobbler recipe. It features tender, cinnamon-spiced apples beneath a rich, buttery biscuit topping. This simple fall baking favorite is better than store-bought and perfect served warm with ice cream.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 medium apples (like Granny Smith or Honeycrisp), peeled, cored, and sliced about 1/4 inch thick
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces (for topping apples)
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (for topping)
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar (for topping)
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes (for topping)
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (for topping)
- 1 large egg, beaten (for egg wash)
- 1 teaspoon coarse sugar (for sprinkling)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9-inch square baking dish or a similar-sized oval dish.
- In a large bowl, combine the sliced apples, granulated sugar, brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon juice. Toss gently until the apples are evenly coated.
- Pour the apple mixture into your prepared baking dish. Dot the top of the apples evenly with the 2 tablespoons of small butter pieces.
- Prepare the biscuit topping: In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, salt, and 1/4 cup sugar.
- Cut in the 6 tablespoons of cold cubed butter using a pastry blender or your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs, with some pea-sized pieces remaining.
- Pour in the buttermilk and stir just until a shaggy dough forms. Do not overmix.
- Drop spoonfuls of the biscuit dough randomly over the apple filling, leaving small gaps between the mounds. The topping will spread as it bakes.
- Brush the tops of the biscuit mounds lightly with the beaten egg and sprinkle with coarse sugar for a golden crust.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the topping is golden brown and the apple filling is bubbly and tender when pierced with a fork.
- Let the apple cobbler cool on a wire rack for at least 15 minutes before serving. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream for the ultimate comfort treat.
Notes
- For the best texture, make sure your butter for the topping is very cold. This helps create a flaky, biscuit-like result.
- If you prefer a softer topping, you can roll the dough out and place it over the apples like a crust, but dropping spoonfuls gives you that classic cobbler texture.
- This recipe works well with a mix of apples to balance sweetness and tartness.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 45 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 410
- Sugar: 35
- Sodium: 280
- Fat: 20
- Saturated Fat: 12
- Unsaturated Fat: 8
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 58
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 55