Apple
Cobbler
Source
of recipe:
Smith,
Jeff. The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American. New York: William
Morrow and Company, Inc 1987.
Recipe
amounts
|
serving
size
|
serves
8
|
serves
800
|
|
Ingredients
|
|
|
|
Butter
for sautéing apples
|
3
T (tablespoons)
|
300
T (9.375 pounds)
|
|
Apples,
cored, peeled and sliced
|
2
pounds
|
200
pounds
|
|
raisins
|
1/2
cup
|
50
cups (18.75 pounds)
|
|
sugar
|
1
1/4 cup
|
125
cups (53 pounds)
|
|
cinnamon
|
1/4
t (teaspoon)
|
25
t (1/2 cup)
|
|
nutmeg
|
1/8
teaspoon
|
12
1/2 t (1/4 cup)
|
|
butter,
melted
|
1/4
pound
|
25
pounds
|
|
flour
|
1
cup
|
100
cups (27.4 pounds)
|
|
baking
powder
|
2
t (teaspoons)
|
200
t (1 15/16 pounds)
|
|
salt
|
1
teaspoon
|
100
t (1 5/16 pounds)
|
|
milk
|
1/2
cup
|
50
cups (3 1/8 gal)
|
Directions
Heat
a frying pan and add the butter for sautéing the apples. Put the
apples and raisins in the pan and sauté for a few minutes over medium
heat until tender. Add 1/5th the sugar, and the spices. Stir and set
aside.
Pour
the melted butter into a baking dish. Mix the remaining sugar with the
flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix well and then stir in the milk.
Spread this batter on top of the butter.
Pour
the apple mixture over the batter and bake in a 350°
oven for about 50 minutes, or until the crust is a golden brown.
Cost
of Food
|
item
|
amount
needed for 8
|
price
per unit
|
cost
|
|
Butter
by Pounds
|
.35
|
2.49
|
.87
|
|
Apples
by Pounds
|
2
|
.39
|
.78
|
|
Raisins
by Pounds
|
.5
|
1.60
|
.80
|
|
Sugar
by Pounds
|
.53
|
.20
|
1.06
|
|
Cinnamon
by ounce
|
.08
|
.65
|
.05
|
|
Nutmeg
by ounce
|
.04
|
.89
|
.04
|
|
Flour
by pound
|
.27
|
.45
|
.12
|
|
baking
powder by ounce
|
.13
|
.08
|
.01
|
|
Salt
by ounce
|
.13
|
.07
|
.01
|
|
Milk
by ounce
|
4.48
|
.25
|
1.12
|
|
Total
|
4.86 |
|
Price
per person - Total divided by 8
|
.61
|
source
of costs: Von’s, November
25, 2000
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