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Margaret's Apple Cobbler

Posted by Jenny on September 21, 2006 · recipe from Grandma Margaret · filed under Desserts

From Grandma Margaret's recipe box — the original index card is stained with about forty years of cobbler.

  • Serves8
  • Prep20 min
  • Bake45 min
  • Oven375°F

What you’ll need

  • 6 apples (Granny Smith), peeled & sliced
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • Extra cinnamon-sugar for the top

How to make it

  1. Heat oven to 375°F and butter a 9×9 baking dish.
  2. Toss apples with 1/4 cup sugar, the cinnamon, and lemon juice. Spread in the dish.
  3. Whisk flour, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Stir in melted butter and milk until just combined — lumps are fine.
  5. Spoon the batter over the apples in rough patches (it spreads as it bakes).
  6. Sprinkle the top with cinnamon-sugar.
  7. Bake 40–45 minutes until golden and bubbling at the edges.
  8. Cool 15 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
In Margaret's hand Don't you dare use sweet apples. The whole point is the tart fighting the sugar. And no peeking before 40 minutes — the top falls if you open the oven.

Jenny’s notes

This was the very first recipe I put on the site — it felt right to start with Grandma's. Aunt Sue likes to sneak a handful of cranberries in come fall; Grandma pretended to be scandalized, then quietly started doing it herself. Hi, Grandma. ❤

— J.