Macaroon Apple Cobbler Recipe

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Meet the Cook: Especially when I'm just serving a dessert, I like to prepare this. I'll usually make it with fresh apples - but I've also sometimes used home-canned ones. Our sons are both grown, and my husband and I have two grandchildren. -Phyllis Hinck, Lake City, Minnesota

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Macaroon Apple Cobbler Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 25 min.

Yield: 6-8 Servings

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Ingredients

4 cups thinly sliced peeled tart apples
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/4 cup chopped pecans
TOPPING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

Place the apples in an ungreased 9-in. pie plate. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples. Top with coconut and pecans; set aside. top with coconut and pecans; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to the creamed mixture until blended.
Carefully spread over apples. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until top is golden brown and fruit is tender. Serve warm. Yield: 6-8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 320 calories, 17 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 57 mg cholesterol, 152 mg sodium, 41 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Macaroon Apple Cobbler in Country Woman March/April 1999, p31