Old Virginia Apple Cobbler
By
Amy Wallace
@awallace
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Taken from my late Aunt Dorothy's personal cookbooks. She was 92 at her parting and these recipes have entertained her Bridge Club and church folks for decades!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Notes from the Test Kitchen:
The apples is this wonderful recipe literally seem to caramelize while baking... making for the perfect amount of sweetness and the perfect cold weather dessert!
The apples is this wonderful recipe literally seem to caramelize while baking... making for the perfect amount of sweetness and the perfect cold weather dessert!
Ingredients
- 4 c
- apples, pared and sliced
- 1/2
- lemon or 3 tbs bottled lemon juice (my substitute)
- 3/4 c
- sugar
- 2 Tbsp
- flour
- 1/4 tsp
- nutmeg
- 1/2 c
- water
- 2 Tbsp
- butter
- 1 c
- sifted flour
- 1/4 tsp
- salt
- 1/3 c
- shortening
How to Make Old Virginia Apple Cobbler
- 1Simmer lemon juice in 1/2 water about 5 minutes.
- 2Combine sugar, the 2 TBS flour and nutmeg in a saucepan. Blend in the lemon-water mixture. Cooking until thickened and stirring constantly.
- 3Add apples and butter.
- 4Sift together the cup of flour and the salt into a mixing bowl.
- 5Cut in the shortening until the particles are like small peas.
- 6Sprinkle 3-4 TBS cold water over the mixture, a little at a time, while tossing and stirring lightly with a fork. Add water to the driest particles, pushing lumps to the side until dough is just moist enough to hold together. Form into a ball.
- 7Flatten dough to about 1/2 inch, smooth at edges. Roll out on floured surface. Cut into diamond or triangles. (We use cookie cutter shapes my boys choose).
- 8Pour hot apple filling into well greased pie pan.
- 9Arrange pastry shapes over filling.
- 10Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees F for 35-45 minutes.
- 11Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
