There are many reasons why someone would want a small scale apple cobbler. Maybe apples are expensive, or their a bit hard to find, or if you're anything like my family you're just not that big on sweets.

The thing I love the most about my petite apple cobbler recipe is that it has perfect portions for four to six people. You can probably fit eight if you've had a large meal and everybody just wants a tiny slice. With my addition of a little bit of baking powder, the cobbler crumble gets a nice hard top with a soft flaky cake like inner that gives you a nice equal ratio of soft Apple slices to cakey goodness.

This recipe is great for use in a 8" pie pan. I'll have links after the recipe for where you can get a similar size pan as well.

Petite Apple Cobbler

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 50

Course Dessert

Servings 6 slices

Ingredients

Apple Pie Filling

2-3 large apples peeled & sliced
4 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp corn starch
2 tsp lemon juice
a pinch cinnamon
a pinch nutmeg

Cobbler Topping

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
a pinch salt
1/3 stick butter stick cubed
2 tbsp boiling water (added last)

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

sugar
cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and coat your pie pan with non-stick spray.
Peel your apples using a peeler and remove the cores. Slice them into very thin slices and place them into a large mixing bowl. Take your apple mixture and throw it into the bowl being sure to mix thoroughly. You want to make sure that the lemon juice covers all of the apple slices to help prevent too much browning.
Next, mix your dry crumble ingredients in a medium sized bowl. In a small pot, and get a quarter cup of hot water boiling. You will only need a few teaspoons of this water. Dice up your stick of butter into small cubes, and then mix it into the dry ingredients using a fork to smash them all together until you have a nice crumbly mixture. Once the water has gotten to a rolling boil, add the amount you need to your crumble mixture. This should make a very thick paste like substance, but be sure not to over mix it.
In a medium-sized bowl, thoroughly mix all the dry ingredients together. Cut the butter stick into small cubes. Mix in the cubed butter into the dry ingredients until you get a nice crumble mixture (should be pretty sand-like). You can use a fork or an electric mixer.
Add in the boiling water and mix quickly, but be careful not to over mix.
Give your apple slices one more toss before placing into the pie pan. Make sure everything is evenly distributed and layered.
Add cobbler topping.
Add cinnamon sugar mixture.
Bake for 40 - 50 minutes. Be sure to watch the topping. Should brown, but not burn or char.
Remove and cool before serving along, with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream, or with a dollop of whipped cream!

Keyword Pie

In this recipe, I'm using a vintage Baker's Secret 8" cake pan for my pie. These days, most pans start at around 9", which this recipe will work nicely in, as well! Below are links for some cake and pie pans that would work great with this recipe!