Brandied Apple Cobbler Recipes

APPLE COBBLER

Steps:

• Simmer raisins and Calvados in a small saucepan over medium heat until liquid is reduced to 3 tablespoons, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and let macerate, covered, 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425°F with rack in middle.
• While raisins macerate, peel and core apples, then cut into 1-inch pieces. Toss with lemon juice.
• Melt butter in skillet and sprinkle granulated sugar evenly over it. Add apples along with raisins and Calvados (skillet will be full). Cook apples over medium-high heat, without stirring, until juices are deep golden and bubbling, 18 to 23 minutes (don't worry if juices color unevenly). Transfer skillet to oven and bake, uncovered, 20 minutes.
• Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt, then add 3/4 cup cream and stir just until a dough forms. Gather dough into a ball and transfer to a lightly floured surface. Gently knead 6 times, then pat dough into an 8-inch round. Cut out as many rounds as possible with lightly floured cutter. Gather scraps and pat out, then cut out more rounds. (You will have about 12.)
• Arrange biscuits on apples about 1/2 inch apart and brush tops with remaining tablespoon cream. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar and bake until biscuits are puffed and golden, about 15 minutes. Cool in skillet 20 minutes before serving.

BRANDIED APPLE COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Generously butter shallow 5-to 6-quart baking pan.
• Spread apple slices in bottom of pan; sprinkle with walnuts, raisins, currants and dates.
• Drizzle with 1/2 cup applejack or Calvados.
• Combine flour,sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
• Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Blend in half-and-half to form thick, smooth batter.
• Drop by heaping teaspoons on top of apple mixture to cover completely.
• Blend brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, coriander, salt and nutmeg and sprinkle over batter.
• Bring apple cider to boil; gently pour over cobbler.
• Place cobbler on foil-lined baking sheet.
• Bake cobbler until tester inserted in center comes clean, 1 to 1 1/4 hours, depending on juiciness of apples.
• Cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.

APPLES, PRUNE, AND BRANDY CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Bring brandy to a boil in a small saucepan and remove from heat. Stir in prunes and let stand while making topping.
• Pulse together flour, 6 tablespoons brown sugar, butter, salt, and cinnamon in a food processor until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add oats and pulse once or twice to just combine.
• Peel, quarter, and core apples and cut into 1/2-inch wedges. Transfer apples to a 1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish and toss with prune mixture and remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
• Sprinkle topping evenly over apple filling and bake in middle of oven until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbling, about 30 minutes.

APPLE COBBLER WITH OATMEAL

Steps:

• For best results with this recipe, use apples that hold their shape when baking and aren't too tart.
• Do not use Macintosh apples (too soft) or Red Delicious (too bland).
• I prefer Cortlands or Empires.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees- if you have a convection oven, do NOT use the convection feature- the dessert will be dry and overcooked on top.
• Use the regular baking feature.
• This recipe isn't good for microwave use.
• Peel and core the apples, then cut them into eighths or into large cubes.
• Distribute the apples evenly into a medium-sized ungreased baking dish (I like the white Corning/Pyrex oval dishes) and sprinkle the white sugar and cinnamon over top.
• Distribute 1 tbsp of the margarine in dollops throughout the top of the apples (no need to try to stir it in).
• In a separate medium mixing bowl, combine the remaining margarine, the oats, brown sugar and flour using your hands or a pastry whisk until it forms a crumbly, dry-ish mixture.
• (Note: if you like lots of crumble topping, feel free to double the ingredient quantities for the toppping).
• Pour the mixture over top of the apples and spread it out evenly so that all the apples are covered and the edges and corners hidden.
• Pat the mixture down lightly so that it looks sort of like a crust.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes, until the crumb top has darkened to a golden brown colour.
• Remove from the oven and let cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
• Spoon out portions into large bowls and serve with ice cream, thick sweetened yoghurt or milk.

CARAMEL APPLE COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°.
• Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish; add the apples.
• In a saucepan, bring the heavy cream, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, the brandy, 2 tablespoons butter, the vanilla and 1/2 teaspoon salt to a boil, whisking.
• Lower the heat to medium and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes; pour over the apples.
• In a food processor, combine the flour, remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt and the cinnamon.
• Cut the remaining 1 1/2 sticks butter into 1/2-inch pieces; add to the flour mixture and pulse until coarse crumbs form; stir in the nuts.
• Scatter the topping over the apples and bake until golden, 1 hour.
• Let cool for 10 minutes.
• Serve with the whipped cream.