You’ve never had a cobbler like an apple cobbler. Where cobblers are usually summer treats filled with summer berries, this is fall in a dish, filled with cinnamon apples. Warm, delicious, simple, and meant to be topped with your favorite ice cream.
❤️ Why You’ll Love Sourdough Discard Apple Cobbler
Cobbler is one of my favorite desserts, and I bet this isn’t the cobbler that you’re used to. This topping is much more cake than crumble, and has been deemed the “simplest sourdough cobbler” that anyone could make.
🍲 Ingredients
Sourdough Discard – This is just inactive sourdough starter that hasn’t been fed. It is equal parts flour and water that has already risen and fallen and now can be added to a multitude of recipes.
Flour – All-purpose flour, which I have learned is not only a kitchen staple, but a kitchen necessity.
Apples – In almost every apple dessert I make, I prefer a combination of apples. I used gala and granny smith for this recipe, so just use what you have.
👩🍳 How to Make Sourdough Discard Apple Cobbler
Melt 1 stick of butter and let cool.
Cut your apples into long slices, toss with 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Transfer the coated apples into a large cast iron pan. In a mixing bowl, add your flour, sugar, apple pie spice, and baking powder. Mix well. Add in your eggs, sourdough discard and melted butter, and mix until all combined. Scoop the batter directly on top of your apples and gently spread evenly.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Sprinkle with a bit more cinnamon sugar right on top as soon as it comes out of the oven. Serve warm with ice cream and enjoy!!
🪄 Tips and Tricks
- Use whatever apples you have on hand
- You can sprinkle the top with cinnamon sugar before or after baking
- You can use active sourdough starter or sourdough discard
🗒 Variations
This cobbler topping is so versatile, you can top berries or peaches and make this a delightful summer treat
- Sourdough Discard Berry Cobbler
- Sourdough Discard Peach Cobbler
🗒 Substitutions
Substitute the apples for whatever fruit you have on hand, this cobbler topping is extremely cake-like so it will take on a lot of different flavors.
🗒 Best Served With
- A heaping scoop of ice cream
- A drizzle of salted caramel
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Store your leftover cobbler in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
🤔 Common Questions
Instead, make the cobbler in a 9×13 baking dish
Sourdough Discard Peach Cobbler
Equipment
- 9×13 baking dish
Ingredients
Peach Filling
- 1 32 oz bag frozen peaches or 8-10 fresh peaches
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Cobbler Topping
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 8 TBS butter (1 stick) melted
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup sourdough discard
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Pour your bag of frozen peaches into a 9×13 baking dish and toss with brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Melt one stick of butter and let cool.
- In a small mixing bowl whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon and then set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, pour in your melted butter and add the brown sugar. Whisk until combined. Add in the eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and sourdough discard, and mix until there are no streaks.
- Add in the flour and mix until everything is just combined.
- Scoop the batter directly on top of your peaches and gently spread evenly.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and bake for one hour.
- Sprinkle extra cinnamon sugar right when it comes out of the oven and let cool slightly. This is best served warm with your favorite ice cream, or whipped cream!
I’ve made this once before and it’s so yummy!!!! I’m suppose to make it for Thanksgiving. I’m wondering if you’ve ever prepped this ahead of time to bake later? If so, how did you go about doing that?
I haven’t prepped ahead. Let me know how it was! 🙂