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Easy apple cobbler with yellow cake mix is the quickest easy apple cobbler recipe! It's a caramel apple dump cake with fresh apples, for that perfect fall flavor! You're gonna love this recipe for cobbler using cake mix!
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 209kcal
Equipment you may need
- mixing spoons
- vegetable peeler
Ingredients
- 6 medium apples - peeled and sliced ¼ inch thick (I like Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, or Honeycrisp)
- ½ cup (110 g) light brown sugar - packed (if your apples are on the sweeter side, decrease to ⅓ cup)
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup (59 ml) water
- 2 tablespoon (30 ml) cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) ground cinnamon - plus more for topping
- ½ teaspoon (2 ml) ground nutmeg - freshly ground, if possible
- pinch salt
- 2 tablespoon (30 ml) unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) pure vanilla extract
- 1 (517 g) box vanilla cake mix - 15.25 oz
- ¾ cup (114 g) unsalted butter - melted
- Vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce - for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Add apples, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons butter, lemon juice, water, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt to a medium saucepan and heat over medium high heat, stirring constantly.6 medium apples, ½ cup light brown sugar, 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, ¼ cup water, 2 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg, pinch salt, 2 tablespoon unsalted butter
- Simmer 5 minutes or until butter is melted, sugar is dissolved, and apples start to soften just a bit. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and set aside.1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- In a medium bowl, combine cake mix and ½ cup of melted butter. Stir until the mixture forms a crumbly paste.1 box vanilla cake mix, ¾ cup unsalted butter
- Pour apple filling into a 9x13 pan and smooth the top to even it out. Crumble cake mix mixture on top evenly and sprinkle additional cinnamon on top, if desired.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, or unil topping is golden brown and filling is bubbling.
- Cool slightly before serving with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.Vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce
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Notes
Storage and Freezing: You can store this caramel apple dump cake in the fridge, covered, for up to four days. You can also freeze this fresh apple cobbler, well wrapped, for up to two months.
3 Ingredient Apple Cobbler with Cake Mix (Apple Dump Cake): If you're in a major rush and don't have time to make your apple dump cake with fresh apples, you're in luck! You can just swap in apple pie filling! Just skip the filling steps and add two 21-ounce cans of apple pie filling to your pan. Top with the cake mix and butter mixture and bake as usual, and you've got a 3 ingredient apple cobbler!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 209 kcal | Carbohydrates: 28 g | Protein: 0.4 g | Fat: 12 g | Saturated Fat: 7 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g | Trans Fat: 0.5 g | Cholesterol: 30 mg | Sodium: 96 mg | Potassium: 138 mg | Fiber: 3 g | Sugar: 22 g | Vitamin A: 413 IU | Vitamin C: 6 mg | Calcium: 22 mg | Iron: 0.2 mg
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