Mom's Favorite Apple Cobbler

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) or 1/2 cup margarine (1 stick)
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 cups apple juice
• 1 1/2 cups self rising flour
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 cups finely chopped granny smith apples
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees. melt butter in 13x9x2 baking dish or sheet cake pan. in a saucepan heat sugar and apple juice until sugar melts.
• 2 cut shortening into flour until particles are like fine crumbs. add milk and stir with a fork only until dough leaves sides of the bowl. turn out onto lightly floured board or pastry cloth, knead until smooth.
• 3 roll dough out into a large rectangle about 1/4 inch thick.
• 4 sprinkle cinnamon over apples; then sprinkle apple evenly over the dough. roll up like a jelly roll. dampen the edge of the dough with a little water and seal. slice dough into about 16 slices, 1/2 inch thick. place in pan with melted butter. pour sugar syrup carefully around rolls. (this looks like too muc liquid, but the crust will absorb it.).
• 5 bake for 55 - 60 minutes.