Apple-Sweet Potato Cobbler is a delicious cobbler topped with sweet potato biscuits. The slightly sweet biscuits taste even better when combined with apples, raisins and nuts. This is a great recipe if you’re feeding a crowd.
If you’re tired of traditional apple pie and cobblers, here is a great dish to try during the winter months. You can easily half the recipe and it will fit in a deep dish pie pan. The biscuit dough needs to refrigerate so make sure you plan for this. Both the apples and the biscuit dough can be prepared in advance and then just assembled before you are ready to bake it.
What makes this different from a standard apple cobbler are the sweet potato biscuits. Seasoned with cinnamon, nutmeg and a little brown sugar, they are amazing all by themselves. However, when combined with caramelized apples, raisins and toasted pecans, you get an amazing dish.
While I halved the recipe for the cobbler, I made the entire biscuit recipe and ate the remaining for dinner. They were pretty yummy without the cobbler!
Adapted from The Local Palate November 2014
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Apple-Sweet Potato Cobbler is a delicious cobbler topped with sweet potato biscuits. The slightly sweet biscuits taste even better when combined with apples, raisins and nuts. This is a great recipe if you’re feeding a crowd.
- Prep Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 4 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Dessert
Ingredients
- APPLE FILLING
- 2 cups sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 4 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons powdered ginger
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 10 cups gala apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup raisins, plumped by soaking in hot water until soft
- 1 ½ cups toasted pecans
- SWEET POTATO BISCUITS
- 3 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 ⅓ cups flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter, cut into pieces
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons raw sugar
Instructions
- Pie filling:
- Mix together sugars, cornstarch, and spices until evenly combined. Toss with apples and let sit for 15 minutes.
- Place in a large pan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until apples start to soften and bubble. Add salt. Add plumped raisins and pecans and stir to combine. Remove from heat and refrigerate or pour into casserole dish. and top with biscuits and bake.
- Sweet Potato Biscuits:
- Cook potatoes in microwave for about 10 minutes until soft. Let cool and remove skins and mash well. You need 1 1/2 cups of mashed sweet potatoes.
- Mix dry ingredients together. Add brown sugar, cut butter into flour mixture until it resembles sand, being careful not to overmix.
- Mix in sweet potatoes, add heavy cream and form into a dough ball. Wrap in plastic and place in refrigerator for at least 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375º. Remove dough from refrigerator. On a floured surface, roll onto a floured surface to about 3/4 inch thick. Using a biscuit cutter, cut into 12-16 pieces and place on top of the apple mixture. Brush with cream and sprinkle with raw sugar.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes until golden brown and cooked through.
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