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The Equipment I Used
Cast Iron Skillets- I used four and a half inch mini cast iron skillet. But, you could use any small baking dishes.
A Food Scale- Set yourself up for success by weighing your flour.
A Sifter- Sift together your dry ingredients.
A Pastry Cutter- Use this to cut the butter into the dry ingredients.
A Biscuit Cutter- I used a two inch biscuit cutter.
The Ingredients You’ll Need for Apple Cobbler with Almond Biscuits
Apples- I used green apples, but use whatever baking apples you like.
Turbinado Sugar- I like the Sugar in the Raw brand.
Cream- Be sure and use heavy cream for this recipe.
Vanilla Ice Cream- You could also use a caramel ice cream.
How I Made my Cobbler
First, I mixed the apples, sugar, and cinnamon together.
Next, I made the biscuits. It’s very important to use cold butter, and cut it into the flour until the flour forms into large crumb sized clumps. Then, just gently stir in the cream, until a dough forms. If you overwork your dough, your biscuits will be tough.
Then, I used my biscuit cutter to cut out my mini biscuits.
Next, I topped the apples with the biscuits and baked them for twenty minutes.
Finally, I topped the cobblers with vanilla ice cream.
There’s something so warm and comforting about these Apple Cobblers with Almond Biscuits. If you like apple desserts, I hope you’ll try these soon.
Apple Cobbler with Almond Biscuits
Tender cinnamon apples topped with almond biscuits and vanilla ice cream.
4½ inch cast iron skillets or other small baking dishes
Ingredients
4tsp.unsalted butter
For the Cinnamon Apple Filling:
4peeled green apples, cut in ¼ inch slices
½cuppacked dark brown sugar
1tsp.cinnamon
For the Almond Biscuits:
1cupall purpose flour (120g)
1½tsp.baking powder
½tsp.salt
¼cuplight brown sugar
3tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into half inch pieces
5tbsp.heavy cream
¼cupsliced almonds
2tsp.turbinado sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Grease 4 4 and a half inch mini cast iron skillets with a teaspoon of butter each.
Toss the apples in a bowl with the half cup of dark brown sugar and the cinnamon. Then, divide them between the four skillets.
Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the quarter cup of brown sugar. Then, using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture, until the butter is the size of big crumbs. Stir in the cream until a dough forms. The dough will be very crumbly.
Empty the dough out on to a floured board and press it into a circle, about a half inch thick. Press the almonds into the top of the dough, and using a two inch biscuit cutter, cut out 8 biscuits. You might have to reroll the dough in order to get all eight biscuits. Top each skillet with two biscuits, and sprinkle with the turbinado sugar. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the biscuits are light brown. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
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