Heirloom Apple Cobbler Recipe

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 then gently melt butter in sauté pan over medium heat.
2. Stir in apples, lemon juice, sugar and flour.
3. Partially cover and cook gently until tender about 15 minutes then stir in vanilla.
4. Transfer to buttered pie dish.
5. Combine remaining flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
6. Cut in butter with pastry blender or fingertips until mixture resembles crumbs then stir in ginger.
7. Stir orange zest into cream then using a fork stir cream into flour until it holds together.
8. Gather dough into ball then knead briefly and roll out until it is a little larger than top of pie dish.
9. Transfer to top of dish and trim off excess then cut hole in center of dough and brush with cream.
10. Bake 10 minutes then reduce heat to 375 and bake 25 minutes then serve warm with cream.