Fresh Apple Cobbler

Photo: flickr user turtlemom4bacon

Ingredients

2 cups Apples thinly sliced

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg

1 tablespoon Grated Lemon Peel

1 tablespoon Lemon Juice

1 1/2 cups Flour

1 tablespoon Baking Powder

1 tablespoon Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Salt

cup Butter

1/2 cup Milk

1 Egg well-beaten

2 tablespoons Sugar

Preparation

Arrange apples in a buttered 8x8x2-inch pan. Sprinkle with mixture of sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon peel, and lemon juice. Heat in 400 degree oven while preparing shortcake crust.

Sift together flour, baking powder, 1 Tablespoon sugar, and salt. Cut in butter until mixture in like coarse crumbs. Add milk and egg at once. Stir until flour is just moistened. Spread dough over hot apples. Sprinkle with 2 Tablespoons sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.