Brandied Apple Cobbler

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 8 cups granny smith apples or 8 cups rome apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
• 3/4 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup golden raisin
• 1/2 cup currants
• 1/2 cup dates, chopped
• 1/2 cup applejack or 1/2 cup calvados
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, room temperature (1 stick)
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, grated
• 1 1/2 cups apple cider

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 generously butter shallow 5-to 6-quart baking pan.
• 3 spread apple slices in bottom of pan; sprinkle with walnuts, raisins, currants and dates.
• 4 drizzle with 1/2 cup applejack or calvados.
• 5 combine flour,sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl.
• 6 cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
• 7 blend in half-and-half to form thick, smooth batter.
• 8 drop by heaping teaspoons on top of apple mixture to cover completely.
• 9 blend brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, coriander, salt and nutmeg and sprinkle over batter.
• 10 bring apple cider to boil; gently pour over cobbler.
• 11 place cobbler on foil-lined baking sheet.
• 12 bake cobbler until tester inserted in center comes clean, 1 to 1 1/4 hours, depending on juiciness of apples.
• 13 cut into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.