Today on The Stay At Home Chef
I'm showing you how to make Skillet Apple Cobbler.
This skillet cobbler is absolutely delicious!
It's made with a sweet biscuit crust, which is my personal favorite.
And it's made in a skillet for an easy dessert that is sure to please.
You'll want to start with 5 or 6 Granny Smith Apples.
You'll want to peel, core, and slice them.
And it's okay if there are little brown spots because that is just normal with apples.
Pour on 1 tablespoon of lemon juice,
and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract,
and give this a quick toss.
The lemon juice will brighten up all the flavors in here,
and prevent your apples from turning any more brown than they already are.
Next we're going to add in 1 tablespoon of cornstarch which will act as a thickener,
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon,
1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg,
and 3/4 cup of brown sugar.
Toss this all together.
Now the reason why we use a tart apple, like Granny Smith in this recipe,
is not only is it great for baking, it also provides balance to the sweetness of the sugar.
so you get that tart, sweet flavor, and it makes your cobbler much more interesting.
Next we're going to take this and pour it into a 12 inch cast iron skillet.
Spread it out so that it evenly covers the bottom.
Next it is time to make the cobbler topping.
You'll need 2 cups of all-purpose flour.
To that you'll add 3/4 cup of powdered sugar,
1 tablespoon of baking powder,
and 1 teaspoon of salt.
Then give this a quick stir to combine it.
Then you'll need 1/2 cup of salted butter.
And you'll want to cut it up into little cubes just like this,
which makes it a lot easier to cut into the flour,
which we are going to do next using a pastry cutter.
Now you could also do this all in a food processor which makes it a lot faster,
but I like to do it by hand the old fashioned way using a pastry cutter.
Or if you don't have a pastry cutter or a food processor you'll want to use 2 knives.
You just put them in and cut against each other like so.
Which ever method you use, the results you are looking for are the same.
You want to cut up the butter into really small pieces so that the mixture looks almost like sand.
It should only take a few minutes to get there.
Next we're going to pour in 1 cup of half-and-half and then just stir this in.
You should end up with a nice, wet, sticky dough.
We're going to take globs or little spoonfuls like this and put them all over the apples in our skillet.
And you just kind of glop it on there until the whole thing is covered.
I like to switch up the size of my spoonfuls so there's little pieces and big pieces,
which gives this skillet cobbler a very rustic, charming look.
You can see all the varying sizes.
Once the whole thing is covered then we are ready to pop this in the oven.
You'll want to bake this in a 350 degree oven for 1 whole hour.
After 1 hour your apples will be tender and your crust will be a nice golden brown
and you will be ready to eat!
I like to serve this up warm with maybe a little bit of whipped cream
or even a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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