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Homemade cobblers and crisp recipes.
A collection of free recipes for Homemade Fruit Cobblers and Berry Crisps.

A recipe collection would not be complete without sweet peach cobblers or apple crisp.  Soulful, crunchy crust, thick juicy insides, sugar in every bite. 

And whether you are searching for an easy cobbler recipe or crisp made from canned peaches, you are sure to find what you are looking for.

Cobblers have been made from pie filling, cake mixes, easy bisquick mixes, and canned peaches.

I take my recipes from old fashion, vintage, handwritten recipes found in old tin recipe boxes.  Vintage recipes from the 1950's, 60's, and 70's are my favorites.

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Apricot Cobbler by Georgia Miller

2 cups sliced canned apricots

1/4 cup sugar - 1 tbs. butter

Place apricots and sugar in deep baking dish 6 x 10?. Dot with butter and place in (375) oven to heat.

Make pastry: Sift 1 cup flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt. Cut in 1/2 cup shortening. Add 1 egg yolk to 1/4 cup cold water. Blend well and add to flour mixture. Roll out thinly. Cut in 1: strips - crisscross over fruit.

Sprinkle with 1 tbs. sugar. Bake at 450 degrees for 45 minutes.
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Apricot Cobbler by Georgia Miller

2 cups sliced canned apricots

1/4 cup sugar - 1 tbs. butter

Place apricots and sugar in deep baking dish 6 x 10?. Dot with butter and place in (375) oven to heat.

Make pastry: Sift 1 cup flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt. Cut in 1/2 cup shortening. Add 1 egg yolk to 1/4 cup cold water. Blend well and add to flour mixture. Roll out thinly. Cut in 1: strips - crisscross over fruit.

Sprinkle with 1 tbs. sugar. Bake at 450 degrees for 45 minutes.
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Easy Apple Dumplings
by Pat Barada


1 can crescent rolls
2 Granny Smith apples
1/2 cup water
1/2 stick margarine
1/2 cup sugar
Peel and quarter the apples.  Wrap in rolls (in each triangular shape roll)  Place in Pam sprayed baking dish.  Boil sugar, water, and margarine.  Pour this over the rolls.  Sprinkle tops with sugar and cinnamon.  Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.  Serves 8.
Apple Crisp
by Catherine Simmons


4 cups sliced peeled tart apples
3/4 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cups rolled oats
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1/3 cup cold butter or margarine

Place apples in a greased 8 inch square baking dish.
In a bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, allspice.

Cut in butter until crumbly.  Sprinkle over apples.

Bake 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until apples are tender.

Serve warm.
Vanilla ice cream is optional.  Yield 4 to 6 servings.
Vintage Nutty Peach Dessert

1 - 29 ounce can sliced peaches
1 large box Butter Pecan Cake mix
1 cup coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
1 stick butter

Put peaches, juice and all, in ungreased 9 x 13 baking dish.  Sprinkle cake mix over peaches, then coconut and nuts.  Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes.  Serves 12 to 15.  Butter Pecan cake mix is the best, but you can use yellow, lemon, or spice cake mix
Fruit Cobbler
By D. Thompson
The recipe box came from California.

2 cups berries 1 cup sugar
1 cup boiling water
OR 1 pint can of any fruit
1 teaspoon shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pour boiling water over berries and sugar and let stand.  Cream shortening and sugar and add other ingredients.  Put batter in greased square pan and pour fruit over batter.
Cranberry Crisp

1 cup cranberries on bottom
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup sugar
4 apples, sliced.

top with:

3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup butter
salt, nutmeg, cinnamon
Bake 350 degrees till brown
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Peach Dessert
from the recipe box of Mary H. Brennan

1 cup flour
1 stick margarine
3/4 cups pecans
3 and 1/2 cups Cool Whip
2 small pkg. vanilla instant pudding
3 1/2 cups cold milk
1- 8 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp. milk
6 - 8 peaches, sliced

Mix flour, margarine and nuts.  Spread in 9 x 13 baking dish.  Bake at 375 degrees until light brown.

Cream cheese, sugar, and 2 tbsp. milk.  Fold in 1 3/4 cup of Cool Whip.  Pour over crust.  Slice peaches over cheese layer.  Prepare pudding and milk as directed and packages.  Pour over peaches.  Spread 1 3/4 cups Cool Whip over pudding.  Chill several hours.  Berries can be used instead of peaches.
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