Michelle Obama's Overnight Apple Cobbler

The filling in this Overnight Apple Cobbler is mixed and refrigerated overnight, then baked low and slow. The result is one of the best flaky apple cobblers you've ever tasted.

Last night I made this Overnight Apple Cobbler. I've had this recipe stashed away in my recipe file for quite some time. What better day to post this recipe than on Presidents Day. What does our 44 Th president like to eat? Well, First Lady Michelle Obama says this apple cobbler is President Obama's Favorite dessert. The crust is very flaky and the cobbler cooks low and slow, so your house smells amazing while it's baking.

I found this recipe in the January, 2009 issue of Yankee Magazine. From the photo alone I knew I had to try it. A few other Obama Family recipes that I want to try my hand at are, the Obama Family Chili, Baracks Pizza Burgers and Michelle Obama's Shortbread Cookies.

Shortbread cookies are my husbands favorite cookie, so that will probably be the first recipe on my to bake list. I know Michelle Obama is an advocate for healthy eating, but there isn't anything wrong with indulging in a special treat from time to time. My motto is "everything is fine in moderation".

My favorite part of this entire recipe is how the apple mixture is prepared and stored in the refrigerator overnight. This method really gives the apple filling time to blend together with the brown sugar and spices. If you ask me this is what makes this apple cobbler so delicious, so don't skip this step. 

This cobbler has a bottom and top crust which is my favorite way to enjoy a pie crust cobbler. Pour the apple filling with all of the juices that accumulated in the bowl over the bottom crust dot with butter. 

Top with remaining 1 1/2 pie crust sheets. Brush with melted butter and bake at 300 degrees for up to 3 hours. Watch closely the last hour to prevent burning.

Remove from oven and let cool. The crust is amazingly flaky and the filling is heavenly. By far this is my all time favorite Apple Cobbler Recipe.

Don't forget the vanilla ice cream because that would just be wrong.

  

Michelle Obama's Overnight Apple Cobbler

Ingredients:
3 - sheets refrigerated pie crust
1 - stick of butter - separated
8 - granny smith or golden delicious apples, peeled and sliced
1-1/2 to 2 - cups of brown sugar
1-1/2 - teaspoons cinnamon
1 - teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 - teaspoon salt
1/4 - cup white flour

Directions:
Mix these ingredients together in a bowl, cover and set the apple mixture in the refrigerator overnight. This lets the spices mix all the way through the apples.

When you are ready to bake the cobbler, preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour the bottom of a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Roll out three sheets of pie crusts real thin -- as thin as possible.

Layer the bottom of the pan with 1 1/2 sheets of pie crust and prick the crust with a few holes. 

Pour the apple mixture (including the liquid) into the pie pan. Dot 4 tablespoons of butter around the apples. Use the final 1-1/2 pie crusts to cover the apple mixture entirely.

Pinch the edges of the dough together. Melt the last 4 tablespoons of butter and brush evenly over the top crust. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees.

Bake at 300 for up to 3 hours -- that's what makes the crust flaky. Start looking at the cobbler after 2 hours to make sure it does not burn.

I was pinched for time so I baked mine at 350 degrees for 1 - 1/2 hours.

Recipe yields: 12 servings
source: Yankee Magazine 

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