Pip's Apple Cobbler

Ingredients
225g/8oz self raising flour
Pinch of salt
75g/3oz butter
50g/2oz castor sugar
1 egg
4 tablespoons milk
4-5 large cooking apples
Sugar for apples

Method

•Sift flour and salt together into mixing bowl.
•Rub in butter then add sugar
•Use fork to stir in lightly mixed egg and milk and mix into a rough dough in the basin
•Turn out onto lightly floured surface. Kneed lightly for a minute to make a soft scone dough
•Roll dough out to 1/2” depth.
•Use a round cutter to cut out as many scones as possible (9 or more).
•Peel, core and slice apples thinly and arrange in a deep pie dish
•Arrange the scones with the seams slightly overlapping to cover the top of the fruit.
•Brush with a little extra milk and sprinkle with sugar.

Place in centre of hot oven (200C/400F) and bake for 15 minutes.

Then lower the heat to 180C/375F for a further 15 minutes.

Serve hot with custard (Pip’s favourite) or cream.

Grandma Moorhouse Apple Cake

Unsure how Grandma Moorhouse fits into the family tree, but here is her apple cake:

6oz butter
6oz flour
6oz sugar
1 tspn mixed spice
1 egg
1 cup sweet apple sauce
2oz raisins or chopped nuts
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
(optional)

Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and cream again. Put the bicarb into the apple sauce and add to the creamed mixture slowly, alternately with the flour and spice. Mix thoroughly and turn into a well greased 2lb loaf
tin. Bake in a moderately hot oven 375F for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. Allow to cool and turn out very carefully.

Oma's Apple Crumble

If you are like Mike & I the best bit of a crumble is the crumble. Oma's crumble here is great - very thick and crunchy.

I always remember that if my Grandad George had upset my Nan then she would always make him a crumble rather than a pie.

1 tin of apples
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon butter/marg
1 egg
10ml vanilla essence

Put apples in a dish, mix all ingredients and put on top.

30 minutes on 350F / 180C
15 minutes at 100F

So quick - thanks Oma