Bisquick Apple Cobbler

Bisquick Apple Cobbler is a classic fresh fruit dessert that’s warm, comforting, and sure to satisfy your sweet tooth. This apple cobbler recipe is perfect for potlucks and picnics, not just in the fall, but as a spring or summer dessert, too!

Apple desserts are the perfect comfort food when the weather starts to cool down, or really, anytime you can get your hands on good apples for baking.

Apple pie is a popular choice, but there are so many other options to consider! Especially for people who don’t like the extra fuss of fluting a pie crust *raises hand*

Fruit crisp, hand pies, and cobbler recipes like this one are the perfection solution!

Reasons to Make Bisquick Apple Cobbler

1. Easier to make than many other baked fruit desserts.

Fruit cobblers are easy to make at home, and you only need a few basic baking ingredients. And for a Bisquick topping, you don’t need to use a food processor!

2. The fruit is available any time of the year.

To make a great apple cobbler, you need a topping that is like a biscuit. It should be tender and crumble easily. The topping should also taste good with the fruity filling.

Cinnamon and nutmeg mixed with fresh apples make a sweet, almost savory, and comforting flavor. This is perfect for fall, but fresh apples are available all year long. So, you can make this recipe any time you want a quick fruit dessert!

3. Easy prep, and bakes up quickly.

This Bisquick cobbler dessert is full of fresh fruit and the biscuit topping is a snap to make. It’s a simple, wholesome, easy dessert recipe the family will love. It’s so quick, you can even prepare it and let it bake while you’re making dinner.

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

Apples – See our notes below on the best baking apples to use.

• Sugar – Cane sugar or any granulated sugar substitute will work well. Keep in mind that some apple varieties are sweeter than others, so you may not need to use as much sugar.
  
• Cornstarch – In our original recipe testing, we used tapioca. But, the tapioca thickened the Bisquick apple cobbler filling a bit too much. We recommend cornstarch or all-purpose flour.
  
• Lemon juice – Use freshly squeezed juice if possible. The flavor is better, and also, fresh juice does a better job of preventing the apple slices from oxidizing (turning brown).
  
• Bisquick – Both regular and gluten-free Bisquick work well for this apple cobbler recipe. If you like making recipes with baking mix, we recommend making a batch of homemade Bisquick. It keeps for several months, and is handy to have on hand.

• Milk – We prefer low-fat dairy milk, but any kind of dairy milk is fine. Even non-dairy milk works, but your cobbler topping won’t be quite as tender and flaky.

Don’t want to make this recipe with Bisquick?

If you don’t want to make this apple cobbler recipe with Bisquick, no worries! You can make the batter using our recipes 3-ingredient biscuits or drop biscuits.

Best Apples for Baking

This easy apple cobbler recipe is easy to make and doesn’t require a lot of ingredients. If you enjoy baking and you’re a fan of using baking mix, you probably have everything you need.

When baking with apples, we like to use Granny Smith or Honey Crisp, especially for apple cobbler, apple crisp, and apple pie. This being said, there are other good baking apples that you can substitute for your Bisquick dessert recipe.

Some apple varieties that bake well:

• Granny Smith Apples: crisp and tart, all purpose apple.
• Golden Delicious: mellow flavor balanced flavor, all purpose apple.
• Braeburn: firm, aromatic, sweet-tart, juicy apple.
• Pink Lady: crisp and tangy, with a balance of tart and sweet.
• Honey Crisp: crisp and sweet, with a hint of tart flavor.
• Jazz: tangy and sweet, with a crunch.
• Fuji: crisp, and super-sweet.

Tips for Preparing Fruit for Cobbler

• Use a sharp vegetable peeler.

Just like knives, vegetable peelers dull over time, and there isn’t a way to sharpen them. So, if you use yours often, you might want to replace it every year or so. This way, it will glide right over your apples.

We also recommend using a corer to cut the apple into wedges before you start cutting. This makes it easier to cut the fruit into thin slices.

Helpful Tips for Making Bisquick Apple Cobbler

1. Grease the baking dish well, with butter.

One of the reasons we like making cast iron desserts is because almost nothing will stick to a well seasoned cast iron pan.

If you use a baking dish, grease it well, and for the best flavor, use butter rather than non-stick cooking spray.

2. Decrease sugar if using a sweeter variety of apple.

For Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apples, use the full 3/4 cup of sugar. If using a sweet apple variety, like Honey Crisp or Fuji, reduce the sugar to 1/2 cup, unless you like extra sweet baked goods.

3. Test for sweetness.

Although the fruit is available all year long, it will always be the sweetest during harvest time. In most parts of the United States, apples are in season from late September through the end of November.

After you toss the slices with sugar, taste one to see if it’s sweet enough for you. If not, go ahead and mix in another teaspoon of sugar.

3. Avoid over mixing the batter.

As you combine the ingredients together, you may see a few spots of Bisquick that aren’t combined. This is perfectly okay! If you over mix, you’ll end up with a dry, crumbly biscuit topping on your Bisquick apple cobbler.

4. Use a scoop to portion the topping.

While it isn’t the end of the world if the biscuits are different sizes, having them all consistent does make for a much prettier presentation. We like to use a medium-sized cookie scoop, but a large spoon works fine, too.

Love cobbler recipes?

We are cobbler-crazed, but we can’t help it – there are just so many ways to enjoy it!

In the early summer months, make one with blueberries or blackberries, when those berries are the freshest.

For the 4th of July, you can make a strawberry blueberry variety, for a bit of patriotic flair.

Then, finish up your summer with a fresh peach Bisquick cobbler.

Serving Suggestions

This fruit dessert tastes okay at room temperature, but we think apple cobbler always tastes the best when it’s warm! For a little extra indulgence, serve it with any (or all) of these on the top:

• Vanilla ice cream
• Whipped cream
• Salted caramel sauce

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This post, first published October 2020, was updated with new content in April 2023.