Easy Caramel Apple Cobbler from Scratch
This easy caramel apple cobbler starts in a skillet. The Granny Smith apples cook down in butter and brown sugar first, so the filling bakes up thick and saucy, not watery. Then add a generous pour of caramel and a buttery, scratch-made biscuit topping. Serve it warm with vanilla ice cream and the rest of the caramel on top.
Servings 12
Calories 388kcal
Ingredients
Apples
- 6 granny smith apples
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups caramel sauce jarred or homemade, divided
Topping
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon non-aluminum baking powder
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into pieces, divided
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 large egg
For Serving
- Vanilla Ice Cream optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Butter a 13 x 9 baking dish.
- Apples
- Peel the apples and slice them thin.
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the apples, lemon juice, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt and cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes. Add the flour and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, and stir in 1 cup of the caramel sauce.
- Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
- Topping
- Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Add ¾ cups of the butter pieces, and use a pastry blender to cut into the dry ingredients.
- Combine the milk and egg together in a large measuring cup, and pour over the butter and flour mixture. Stir until it comes together - lumps are ok here.
- Put together
- Sprinkle the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter pieces over the apples.
- With clean hands, tear off pieces of the topping and sprinkle over the top of the apples.
- If desired, you can sprinkle with more sugar.
- Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover, and bake another 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and the remaining caramel sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 388kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 412mg | Potassium: 187mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 34g | Vitamin A: 592IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 2mg