Easy Apple Cobbler Recipe

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Easy Apple Cobbler Recipe

Want to learn how to make apple cobbler? This is an easy apple cobbler recipe that you can make anytime you have extra apples and want a special homemade treat.

Apple Month Announcement

It’s officially fall! And with falling leaves come the falling apples… hopefully not on anyone’s head. (A very real danger that we’ve tried to remedy with apple-picking helmets).

Since it’s apple season (and with October being National Apple Month), I’ve decided to celebrate on the blog! You can expect apple-related content for all five Fridays of this October.

Our trees have been loaded with apples this year. While many plants seemed to struggle, the apples made it through, with some of the branches nearly dragging on the ground! Our mailbox is covered with a low-slung apple branch, much to the dismay of the mail carrier.

Of course, once we have a bucket or twenty of apples, we have to make treats with them. My grandfather likes to make applesauce by hand (a delicious but time-consuming activity) and my parents enjoy using their wonderful KitchenAid applesauce attachment. But there are only so many applesauce batches and apple pies you can make. And sometimes, you just want something that uses up a bunch of apples and is simple to throw together.

History of the Best Apple Cobbler Recipe

That’s where this easy old fashioned apple cobbler recipe comes in! My grandfather has fond memories of my great-grandmother making this in the same kitchen we have now. We have always called it an apple dumpling cobbler recipe, but it’s essentially an apple cobbler dump cake.

Like apple crisp, it’s a simple and delicious way to use up apples when you have many to spare. Here are a few tips for making this simple and quick apple cobbler:

Tips and Tricks for this Recipe

Note that this traditional apple cobbler recipe leaves plenty of room for adjustment – if you’d like more or less of something, feel free to try it, especially for the apples! Taste a slice from the apple filling before dumping into the pan, so you can adjust the amounts of sugar and spices if you want to.

You can use any type of apple you enjoy for this recipe. We use McIntosh apples for most of our apple recipes (including this one), but you can use whatever kind you like. It should be made with fresh apples – not canned or frozen ones.

And of course, don’t forget that ever-valuable Crisco butter shortening…