Recipe: Michelle Obama's Apple Cobbler (using refrigerated pie crust)

MICHELLE OBAMA'S APPLE COBBLER

FOR THE FILLING:
8 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced (or a bag of frozen, peeled apples)
1 1/2 to 2 cups brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup white flour
FOR THE CRUST:
3 sheets refrigerated pie crust
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, divided use

Mix filling ingredients together in a bowl and let sit in the refrigerator overnight so the spice goes all the way through the apples.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour the bottom of a large baking dish.

Roll out three pie crusts as thinly as possible. Layer the bottom of the pan with 1 1/2 of the pie crusts and prick a few holes in it.

Pour the apples with the liquid into the pie pan. Dot 3/4 of the stick of butter around the apples.

Use the final 1 1/2 pie crusts to cover the apple mixture entirely (let the pie crust overlap the pan). Pinch the edges of the dough around the sides of the pan so the mixture is completely covered.

Melt final 1/4 stick of butter and brush all over top of crust.

Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees F.

Bake at 300 for up to 3 hours. Start looking at the cobbler after 2 1/2 hours so it doesn't burn.

Makes about 8 servings.
Source: Holland Sentinal, 1/22/09