The best and worst thing about being home is that I’m surrounded by good food all the time. For example, today for lunch I had a wonderful salad with lots of spinach, baby greens, cherry tomatoes, and a sprinkling of almonds and goat cheese. I was feeling really proud of myself until my Nana walked in the back door with something hot, cinnamon-y, and wrapped in foil. It smelled so good, I knew I was going to eat way too much of it before I even tasted it. My grandmother calls this an apple cobbler. She got the recipe from Granny, who called it an apple pie. I’ve dubbed it Apple Brown Bessie, because my grandmother’s name is Bessie and it reminds me of Peggy Hill’s famous Apple Brown Peggy.
My hands are big, but not that big.
The apples, naturally, are small and green and knotty and came from Granny’s apple tree. She gave my parents one of that tree’s babies, and it’s growing quite nicely in their backyard.
What she lacks in the looks department she makes up for in personality and pizazz.
To make this, you’ll need:
- 1 C sugar
- 1 C self-rising flour
- 1 C milk
- 1 stick butter
- 2 and 1/2 C cooked, diced green apples
- 2 t cinnamon
- 1 t vanilla
Preheat oven to 350. Melt the butter in the baking dish. Mix the vanilla and apples and pour into baking dish. Mix the sugar, flour, cinnamon, and milk to form a dough. Spread dough mixture on top of apples. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until top is golden.