I love fall. As long and it's not too cold out. And all the bugs are gone. But overall, I love fall. I especially love it because it's a great excuse to make all the apple, pumpkin, pie, and cobbler recipes I have been stashing up on since spring and summer. I usually try to make something new each year, just for variety, and this year I found a recipe via Pillsbury for a Cookie Apple Cobbler. Now, something strange about me is the fact that I do not like warm fruit, or pie for that matter. I like pumpkin pie and any type of cream or french silk pie, but you will normally never find me eating a fruit pit. Unless of course, it is accompanied by a huge scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt (my guilt-free substitution for ice cream). So when I stumbled about this recipe that incorporated cookies, I thought it sounded perfect for me. A good serving of fruit, warm gooey cookies on top, and I had just bought a quart of frozen yogurt. I was ready to go.
I like using Gala apples in my baking recipes because they aren't too tart that you couldn't eat them by themselves, so if I have left overs, I can still consume them. My favorite apples are Honey Crisp, but with the price, those are reserved solely for my consumption alone. So I peeled and sliced my 6 cups of apples, with my husband's assistance to help speed things along, mixed in the brown sugar, flour, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Instead of the allspice, I just added some additional cinnamon since I did not have allspice on hand and do not overly enjoy the taste of it.
Now for my favorite part, the cookie dough. Instead of using the basic sugar cookie dough that the recipe called for, I had recently purchased the Limited Edition Cinnabon flavor of ready-to-bake dough and broke that apart to put on top of the apples. Cinnamon in the cobbler, cinnamon in the cookies. Didn't really think there would be a flavor issue with that.
Now I had noticed before that the recipe only made 6 servings, which I thought surprising since it called for 6 cups of apples. They also wanted me to squeeze all those apples and the entire thing of cookie dough into a 9-inch pie plate. And once I saw the calorie content per serving, I knew some changes were in order. I love baking, but I try to keep an eye on the nutritional value, especially when it is this high. So, instead of using a 9-inch pie plate, I used a big 13x9 inch pan. Not only did this spread out the apples and dough more, but it at least doubled the amount of servings. Also surprising, it baked about the same amount of time. I had it in the oven for about 36 minutes until the cookies were golden brown and I took them out.
The warm apples and Cinnabon cookies with some cold vanilla frozen yogurt, YUM! It tasted wonderful! I would recommend this recipe this fall because it's simple, not overly putzy, and delicious. You can try it with my modifications if you prefer, or I'm sure it would taste wonderful using the original recipe. See below for the link if you want to give it a try! Let me know how your Cobbler turns out!
http://www.pillsbury.com/Recipes/ShowRecipe.aspx?rid=26736
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