Fall is all about apples and cranberries. We love our apple cobbler all year long, but reserve this Apple Cranberry Cobbler for the autumn months. While I love a piece of cake with frosting there’s something about an easy recipe that you can throw together with a box mix.
Apple Cranberry Cobbler
Growing up I don’t really remember ever being offered a cobbler for dessert. But even so, now they are one of my favorite sweet treats.
This cranberry apple cobbler topped with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream is one of my favorite desserts! My life has become pretty hectic lately, so I’m not baking from scratch as much as I used to. That means desserts have to be quicker and more convenient, hence using a boxed cake mix for this fall treat.
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Ingredients you will need for this cobbler:
- 2 cans of your favorite apple pie filling
- a box of yellow cake mix (white will work too)
- unsalted butter that’s been softened (not melted, leave it on the counter for 2o minutes, that’s it)
- dried cranberries, like Craisins
- cinnamon is all I use to keep it simple, but you can add other spices if you like
- I use 1% milk, but any type will work fine
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Apple Cranberry Cobbler
- 2 (21-ounce) cans apple pie filling
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2/3 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup milk
How to Make Apple Cranberry Cobbler
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F and have a 13×9 baking pan ready.
- Combine dry cake mix and butter in a mixer bowl. Beat at low speed for about a minute, until crumbly. There may be large pieces of butter in the mixture, that’s okay.
- Remove 1 1/2 cups of the cake mixture to a medium bowl and stir in cranberries and cinnamon, use your fingers to toss the mixture if you need to.
- To the remaining cake mixture in the mixer bowl, add the milk and beat on low until all dry mixture is moist.
- Use a spoon to bring it all together. Again, there will be visible pieces of butter, you don’t want to overheat this mixture.
- Heat pie filling in a large bowl in the microwave until bubbly, about 4-5 minutes, covered. Pour hot filling into a 13×9 baking pan. Top pie filling with dollops of cake batter then sprinkle with the cranberry topping mixture.
- Bake 30-35 minutes or until topping is golden brown and cracks appear dry. Cool 30 minutes.
- Serve warm topped with vanilla ice cream.
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Apple Cranberry Cobbler
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- 42 ounces apple pie filling two 21-ounce cans
- 15 ounce yellow cake mix UNPREPARED, dry mix only
- ¾ cup unsalted butter softened
- ⅔ cup dried cranberries
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup milk
Before You Begin
- 2 cans of your favorite apple pie filling
- a box of yellow cake mix (white will work too)
- unsalted butter that’s been softened (not melted, leave it on the counter for 2o minutes, that’s it)
- dried cranberries, like Craisins
- cinnamon is all I use to keep it simple, but you can add other spices if you like
- I use 1% milk, but any type will work fine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Combine dry cake mix and butter in a mixer bowl. Beat at low speed for about a minute, until crumbly. There may be large pieces of butter in the mixture, that’s okay. Remove 1 1/2 cups of the cake mixture to a medium bowl and stir in cranberries and cinnamon, use your fingers to toss the mixture if you need to.
- To the remaining cake mixture in the mixer bowl, add the milk and beat on low until all dry mixture is moist. use a spoon to bring it all together. Again, there will be visible pieces of butter, you don’t want to overheat this mixture.
- Heat pie filling in a large bowl in the microwave until bubbly, about 4-5 minutes, covered. Pour hot filling into a 13×9 baking pan. Top pie filling with dollops of cake batter then sprinkle with the cranberry topping mixture.
- Bake 30-35 minutes or until topping is golden brown and cracks appear dry. Cool 30 minutes.
- Serve warm topped with vanilla ice cream.
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This post originally appeared here on Aug 4, 2014.
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gwen Murphy says
I am wondering if I could use crasins in place of the cranberrys? I have a big bag of the crasins & they are very tasty of the cranberry flavor. Need use them up. Thanks & looking forward to making this one.
Amanda Formaro says
Yes! Dried cranberries are the same thing as Craisins, so that will work! :)
Dawn says
Yummy for sure :) I am sharing on my FB page today.
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Amanda Formaro says
Thanks so much for sharing!
Sue {munchkin munchies} says
Oh boy, does this look delicious!
Amanda Formaro says
Thanks Sue! I had taken this dessert to my daughter’s work and it was a huge hit!
Jessica @ Sweet Menu says
Wow what a fabulous looking dessert! Perfect for a dinner party. I love the beautiful big scoop of vanilla bean ice cream too!
Amanda Formaro says
Thanks Jessica! Yes, perfect for a dinner party. I love a dessert casserole for occasions such as that!