Autumn Cobbler Food

AUTUMN HARVEST COBBLER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan combine the sugar, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg and 1-3/4 cups water. Bring to a boil. Stir in the apples, raisins, apricots and lemon juice. Return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally., Combine cornstarch and remaining water until smooth. Stir into pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., In a small bowl combine biscuit mix and milk just until blended. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto hot apple mixture. Sprinkle with coarse sugar and lemon zest., Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Serve warm with whipped cream.

APPLE COBBLER FOR TWO

Steps:

• For the filling: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss the apples with 2 heaping tablespoons of the sugar, the flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add the butter, and toss. Divide the filling between two 6-ounce, 3 1/2-inch ramekins, tent each loosely with foil and bake until the apples are tender and the juice is bubbling, about 35 minutes. Remove the ramekins from the oven, remove the foil, give the apples barely a stir with a fork and press the top into the juices.
• For the topping: Whisk together the flour, the baking powder, salt and 1 teaspoon of the sugar in a small bowl. Quickly stir in the heavy cream, then work the dough with your fingers as if you were working butter into pie dough, to make moist, slightly flattened chunks of dough.
• Top each ramekin with dough, dividing evenly. Sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon of the remaining sugar, and bake until the topping is browned and crisp, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool slightly, top with ice cream and serve.

AUTUMN COBBLER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Spray round pan, 9x1 1/2 inches, with cooking spray. Heat apples, 1/4 cup sugar and 2/3 cup apple juice to boiling in 2-quart saucepan. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Mix 2 tablespoons apple juice and the cornstarch in small bowl. Add to apples; cook and stir until slightly thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in pears. Spoon mixture into pan.
• Mix Bisquick mix, 1/4 cup sugar and the orange peel in medium bowl with fork. Add milk; mix until soft dough forms, adding additional milk if necessary. Do not overmix. Drop dough by 12 heaping teaspoonfuls onto fruit mixture. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until biscuit topping is lightly browned and fruit mixture is bubbly. Cool 15 minutes before serving.

PLUM & APPLE COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional180C/gas 4. Butter a 1.5 litre ovenproof pie dish.
• Peel, core and slice the apples. Halve, stone and quarter the plums. Put the apples in a pan with the lemon juice, sugar and 1 tbsp water. Bring to the boil, then cover and cook gently for 5 minutes. Add the plums and cook for a further 5 minutes.
• Turn the fruit into the prepared dish. Tip the flour and cinnamon into a bowl, add the butter, cut into small pieces and rub in with your fingertips. Stir in the sugar, then add the egg and milk and mix lightly to a soft batter (this can be done in the food processor).
• Drop tablespoonsful of the batter over the fruit, leaving gaps where the fruit peers through, then scatter over the nuts. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the topping has a crisp brown crust.