crisps and cobblers

With all the apple recipes out there, it's amazing how difficult it is to find a good, basic apple crisp. You know, one of those recipes you're desperately seeking (along with applesauce) when you've just gone to the orchard with the kids, and they enthusiastically filled two very large bags with apples.
While this version of apple crisp may seem daunting, with a fairly long list of ingredients, many are simply optional enhancements. Basically, you're looking at apples, sugar, thickener, and a touch of spice in the filling; and flour, sugar, butter, oats, and cinnamon in the topping.

Classic Apple Crisp

apples

(57 grams) rum apple cider

brown sugar depending on the sweetness/tartness of your apples

(28 grams) butter

cider

Apple Pie Spice ginger

flour

salt

(85 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(50 grams) quick-cooking oats

(142 grams) brown sugar

cinnamon

baking powder

(113 grams) butter cold cut in pats

(57 grams) diced pecans or walnuts optional

This is unlike any cobbler you’ve ever enjoyed. Like all peach cobblers, it starts with a base of fresh, sweet peaches. But instead of being topped with biscuits or cake batter, it’s crowned with bread cubes drizzled with a delicious buttery brown sugar syrup. A turn through the oven transforms the cobbler into tender, bubbling fruit with a topping that’s crispy and caramelized on top and delightfully soft underneath. Our thanks to Joanne Sawyer of Newburgh, Indiana, whose original recipe inspired this one.

Just Too Easy Peach Cobbler

peaches

white bread cubes

(50 grams) granulated sugar

(14 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

unsalted butter

Juicy, colorful, a bit nutty — what more could you want in a summertime dessert? Dark red Bing cherries, or tart sour cherries are wonderful in this crisp, but any berries and most other fruits, diced, are also delicious. The oats add the texture and the bit of nuttiness that flour, sugar and butter alone can't duplicate.

Cherry Crisp

(89 grams) rolled oats old-fashioned or quick-cooking

(159 grams) dark brown sugar packed

(57 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

cardamom

(85 grams) butter

(57 grams) chopped pistachios or almonds optional

(21 grams) Instant ClearJel

(149 grams) granulated sugar

(567 grams) pitted Bing cherries

We love this peach cobbler served with a little ice cream on top. Try substituting berries for the peaches for another delicious dessert.

Gluten-Free Peach Cobbler made with baking mix

(57 grams) butter

(120 grams) Gluten-Free All-Purpose Baking Mix *

(99 grams) sugar

(170 grams) milk

cinnamon nutmeg optional

Since blueberries are in season for only a very limited time, and out-of-season fresh blueberries cost an arm and a leg, we like to make our blueberry crisp with readily available frozen berries. And besides, using fresh berries in a slow-cooking crisp, where they'll become pleasantly mushy, is like getting all slicked up to go milk the cows: it doesn't add anything to the experience, so why do it? That said, if you have bucketfuls of fresh berries, this crisp is a great place to use them up.

Blueberry Crisp

blueberries

allspice

vanilla extract

(53 grams) brown sugar

(28 grams) lemon juice

butter

(156 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(106 grams) granulated sugar

almond extract

Flavors of summer and fall come together in this delightful crumble! It's an ideal way to use up the last of the season's berries while also dipping your toes into autumn's early apple varieties. The crunchy streusel topping ties it all together — top with vanilla ice cream for pure bliss.

Cherry Berry Apple Crumble

(149 grams) sugar

(11 grams) Instant ClearJel

(425 grams) fresh or frozen raspberries

(397 grams) peeled diced apples

(142 grams) dried cherries

(39 grams) cherry concentrate

(134 grams) rolled oats old-fashioned or quick-cooking

(213 grams) light brown sugar packed

cinnamon Vietnamese preferred

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With tender cake hugging juicy fruit, this fast yet elegant dessert barely adapted from Anna Stockwell’s cookbook For the Table is the definition of simple summer pleasure. Get the fruit macerating before dinner, then stir together the batter while someone else clears the table. You’ll have a warm, gooey dessert in about 30 minutes. All that’s left to do is whip the cream — or, even easier, pull the ice cream out of the freezer. 

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Hot Summer Spoon Cake

(25 grams) granulated sugar

lemon

(42 grams) lemon juice

(99 grams) granulated sugar

(48 grams) King Arthur Almond Flour

(57 grams) milk

King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract

(113 grams) butter

A bubbling fruit crisp, topped with soft-crunchy, cinnamon-scented streusel — what a great destination for summer's special fruits and berries! Add ice cream if you like, but it's delicious just as it comes out of the oven, in all its fruity simplicity.

Summer Fruit Crisp

(28 grams) Instant ClearJel

(248 grams) granulated sugar

(159 grams) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar packed

(90 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

(45 grams) rolled oats old-fashioned or quick-cooking

(57 grams) pecans or walnuts chopped

nutmeg

(113 grams) unsalted butter

From crisp to dumplings to pie, apples are the star of the autumn baking show. This apple cobbler is designed to show off the pure flavors of fresh in-season apples. Its cake-style topping with a sugar crust is the perfect complement to the soft, juicy baked apples beneath. And while we prefer the dish with unadulterated apples during the season, in winter a little lemon juice or boiled cider (and perhaps some cinnamon) is just what you need to brighten your apples’ mellower flavors.

Sugar-Crusted Apple Cobbler

cinnamon optional

(198 grams) granulated sugar divided

(113 grams) buttermilk or plain yogurt

(120 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

baking soda

Older apple dumpling recipes use the stovetop for the cooking, but in this variation they're oven-baked in a quantity of liquid, which slowly reduces into a thick syrup by the time the dumplings are finished baking. We like this recipe very much; it's yet another example of good, old-fashioned comfort food.

Baked Apple Dumplings

(360 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

salt*

(28 grams) confectioners' sugar or glazing sugar

unsalted butter cold cut into pats

(170 grams to 227 grams) milk

(14 grams) lemon juice

(163 grams) light brown sugar or dark brown sugar packed

(454 grams) water

apple peels (from above)

sugar sugar

This delicious mix of raspberries and strawberries sets off the mildly sweet and tender biscuit topping (a winning combination). The secret ingredient is Bakewell Cream, a leavener that New Englanders swear by — it gives biscuits a lightness and loftiness that's unparalleled. Served in ramekins, this is the ideal dessert to serve outdoors after a meal alfresco.

Individual Berry Cobblers

Instant ClearJel

(67 grams) granulated sugar

raspberries

strawberries

(180 grams) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

Bakewell Cream

(74 grams) butter

(74 grams) milk

sugar

Super-moist, ultra-tender, and mighty tasty! That describes this cake-style peach cobbler to a T. We realize it's not an exact interpretation; a true Southern cobbler is very juicy (more peaches than cake) while this is akin to a peach coffee cake. Still, we think it does justice to this Southern classic.

Southern-Style Peach Cobbler

(28 grams) butter melted (for the pan)

(7 grams) cornstarch

(454 grams) peaches peeled and sliced*

eggs

almond extract optional

(227 grams) milk

This lightly-sweetened, biscuit-topped fruit cobbler features two of summer's great fruits: peaches and blueberries. We recommend serving it warm, with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. For best flavor, we also suggest waiting to bake the cobbler until these fruits are in season. However, using a pound each of frozen/thawed/drained peaches and blueberries will work in a pinch.

Blueberry-Peach Cobbler

(74 grams) granulated sugar

(46 grams) King Arthur Pie Filling Enhancer*

(454 grams) blueberries

(170 grams) King Arthur Unbleached Self-Rising Flour

(71 grams) butter

(170 grams) yogurt full-fat

Half steamed British pudding and half French tarte tatin, this apple pudding combines the warm flavors of early fall.

Sticky Apple Pudding

(28 grams) butter cold cut in 1/2" cubes

(567 grams) apples peeled cored and chopped (about 4 medium apples)

(21 grams) King Arthur Pie Filling Enhancer

(14 grams) granulated sugar

(28 grams) walnuts chopped

(193 grams) caramel

(14 grams) milk

(131 grams) granulated sugar

table salt heaping

While we love to make this easy fruit cobbler with peaches and other stone fruit, it can accommodate any in-season fruit, from berries to apples. The biscuits are sprinkled with sugar and flavored with a hint of almond extract and the fruit filling is perfectly thickened — juicy but not runny — with spectacular color and flavor. Bake this easy cobbler in a 9" x 13" pan to make it convenient to transport to a summertime gathering. Don’t forget the Mason jar whipped cream! 

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