Apple Cobbler with Cake Mix
This shortcut apple cobbler features a homemade apple filling topped with a buttery cake mix topping that bakes up golden and crisp. Serve it warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream for a fall dessert everyone will love.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. butter
- 6-8 apples - cored, peeled and cut into 1/8 inch slices about 8 cups
- ⅓ cup brown sugar lightly packed
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice
Cobbler Topping
- 15.25 oz. box yellow cake mix
- ½ cup butter salted, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom and sides of a 9x13 baking dish with softened butter.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add apples along with both sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cornstarch and lemon juice. Mix and cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes, until sugars are dissolved and mixture starts to bubble. Pour apples into baking dish.6-8 apples - cored, peeled and cut into 1/8 inch slices, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar, 1 tbsp. cornstarch, 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg, 1/8 tsp. salt, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, 2 tbsp. butter
- In a separate bowl combine cake mix and melted butter, the mixture will be crumbly. Evenly sprinkle topping over the apple mixture.15.25 oz. box yellow cake mix, 1/2 cup butter
- Bake 35-40 minutes until the top is golden brown.
- Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream!
Notes
Baking apples that would work great for this recipe: Honeycrisp, Cortland, Pink Lady, Granny Smith, Braeburn, Golden Delicious, Fuji or Gala. I used a combo of Granny Smith and Pink Lady which gives the filling the perfect balance of tart and sweet.
