One of my favourite blogs to visit is Deb’s Dust Bunny, it’s a delightful place full of delicious recipes and interesting information all served with a dollop of good humour. Last week I spied Debs recipe for Cinnamon Apples Scones, it’s one she posted last October, how did I miss that!
These are not the usual kind of scones I would make, they are more like American Scones much sweeter than ours and with icing on top. I was really drawn to them and had a go at making the scones, as you can see above. However, my mixture must have been too wet as they spread rather too much but were still totally delicious and I liked them so much that I thought the mixture would make a really good cobbler topping.
Apple Cinnamon Scone Cobbler
Ingredients
For the filling
- 6-8 small apples peeled, cored and sliced
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp water
For the topping
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
- 4 Tablespoons soft brown sugar - you may need more if your apples are tart
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 Tablespoons butter - cut into small pieces
- 1 egg
- 6 Tablespoons of plain yogurt or milk
- 1 apple - peeled cored and chopped into a fine dice
- A little sifted icing sugar to finish
Instructions
- Place the sliced apples, sugar and water in an ovenproof dish and cover with a lid or foil and place in the oven at 160C for about 20 minutes until the apples are softened but not disintegrating.
- Put all the dry ingredients into the bowl, use a knife to cut in the butter, then rub in with your fingers.
- Beat the egg and yogurt or milk together in a small bowl.
- Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and mix until only just combined, do not over mix or the scone will become tough.
- Remove the cooked apples from the oven and place large spoonfuls of the mixture on top of the apples.
- Increase the oven temperature to 200C/400F and bake for 15-20 minutes. The scones take only 12-15 minutes but I found that the depth of the topping meant it needed a little extra time.
Nutrition
Dust with icing sugar and Serve with ice cream or custard. This was very good, the apples in the topping give a surprising texture and the cobbler was crispy on the top and softer where it met the stewed apples. It would be good to try with ginger instead of cinnamon.
More Apple Desserts from Farmersgirl Kitchen
Blackberry and Apple Crumble
Homemade Caramel Ice Cream
Easy Blackberry and Apple Hand Pies
Many thanks to Debs for giving me permission to recreate and re-purpose her recipe.
I’m entering this Cinnamon Apple Scone Cobbler into Bookmarked Recipes, the blog event hosted every month by Jacqueline at Tinned Tomatoes.
Choclette says
Haven't made a cobbler in more years than I care to remember, but yours sounds so good, I might have to revisit.
Sarah James says
What a good idea, looks really tasty & I like the idea of trying ginger.
simonaskitchen Simona Cherubini says
I love to visit foreign blogs, because I always learn lots of things… I love both, cinnamon and apples, and it semms very very soft and cripsy ! Greetings, simona
Stuart Vettese says
Debs site is great, I agree! Your cobbler is getting my tummy rumbling Janice =)
Baking Addict says
Oooh a perfect autumnal recipe. yum yum yum! Pass the plate please 🙂
Vohn says
That sounds great Janice. I adore cinnamon with apples. Vohn x
Karen S Booth says
A LOVELY recipe and thanks for a new blog to discover too!
Camilla @FabFood4All says
Yummy, great pudding, can never bore of apples they are so versatile and were made for cinnamon:-)
Janice Pattie says
Thank you for all the lovely comments, it's definitely a winner of a recipe.
Jacqueline Meldrum says
Custard for me please Janice!
Thanks for submitting it to Bookmarked Recipes. The roundup is late, but now live. Better late than never!
Deenakakaya says
It's been so long since I've made a cobbler but after seeing your thick topping and moist and lightly brown filling,,,I need it, x