Oooo, Ricky, can we go to the club tonight!?
No Luccceeeee! You need to be cooking dinner for me!
Ohhhhhhh…. Rickkyyyyyyy! WAHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Ummmm…. yeah. That’s my way of saying I’m back! Did ya miss me!? huh huh huh!? Was there an emptiness in your life the past 2.5 weeks while you waited for my return? Did you mourn and eat lots of Twinkies in my honor?
Well…. moving is done. We are settled with nary a box in sight. Well, one box but it’s my husbands and I’m not touching it… unless it sits there too long. Then I’ll hide it.
I had forgotten how much I hated moving. The only thing it is good for is that you have a clean house for a while. I think from now on we will just move every time the house gets dirty. Easier than cleaning.
Seriously though; moving sucks. By the time I finished culling things in the old house and packing up I was already exhausted. Then once we got everything here, all the unpacking and setting up pretty much fell to me since my husband had to work. Talk about tiring! A three bedroom house…. unpacked in like 3 days. Why you ask? Because I am extremely anal and couldn’t handle the idea of living in box city for longer than necessary. So I practically killed myself getting it done. I am one of those people who HAS to have it feeling like home. I need a magic wand or a potion to create “instant cozy”. If you see one on ebay, keep me in mind.
Then, as life is wont to do, it used it’s massive sense of humor to add Bronchitis to the settling in process. I’m still recovering from that and 99% of the time, tend to sound like Minnie Mouse after she has been sucking on a helium balloon. Kinda funny actually. Except when I try to sing. Then it’s just frightening. I think I have traumatized Joshie and all the cats.
Butttttt… I have FINALLY been able to start cooking again. Between setting up and illness, I didn’t cook a thing for the longest time. So all my grand plans of having a backlog of recipes and posts when I got internet access back were ruined. But that’s ok. I’ll still be cooking for you. Have a new one for you right now as a matter of fact. 🙂 I wanted a cobble the other day but didn’t have the things I needed to make a good home made one so I improvised. I guess it must have worked since my non sweets liking husband had two servings. Yay me!
This is supremely easy to throw together and a perfect Autumn cobbler. It is rich, decadent and smooth (starting to sound like I cloned George Clooney) with a crunchy biscuit topping that goes over the top by taking a dunk in butter and then a cinnamon sugar mix (omit the cinnamon on if you don’t like it {I see you Ann!} or can’t eat it.). Add in a shot (or so) of Butterscotch Schnapps and this is one tasty cobbler!! So get to cooking! Then get to eating. Then get to telling me how yummy it was!
 Apple, Pear & Butterscotch Cobbler
- 1 20 ounce can apple pie filling
- 2 15 ounce cans pears in juice, drained (reserve juice from one can)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
- 1/3 cup butterscotch schnapps
- 1 7.5 ounce ten count can buttermilk biscuits
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon (or more if desired. Can also be omitted)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly butter a 13 x 9 baking dish.
- In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, 1/3 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Whisk in the reserved juice from the can of pears.
- In a large bowl, combine the apple pie filling and pears. Mix in the cornstarch mixture.
- Pour in the butterscotch chips and the schnapps. Combine well then spoon into the buttered baking dish.
- In a small bowl, combine the last 1/3 cup sugar and the 2 teaspoons cinnamon.
- Open biscuit can. Dip each biscuit in the melted butter, then in the cinnamon/sugar mix. Lay on top of fruit in baking dish.
- Bake at 350 until the biscuits are golden brown and the fruit is bubbly and thickened, about 35 to 40 minutes.
- Serve with ice cream or whipped cream. Say yum many many times.
