These classic American baked fruit desserts have common elements — which explains why they’re often confused for one another.

So cobblers can be less sweet than crisps or crumbles, depending on what topping you use. Some recipes for cobbler also call for cookie dough or cake mix.

Cobbler. Cobbler has been around in America the longest of the three desserts; the Oxford Companion to Food dates its inception back to the 1850s. By the mid-19th century, it had become the dish ...

When you want vibe of a pie without all the work, crumbles, crisps, and cobblers will do the trick. They have the insides of a pie—warm, juicy, sweet fruit—with just one layer on top.

I would venture to say that apples are only second to pumpkins when we think of autumn produce. We have several orchards just outside our city that you can go and pick your own apples, and it's ...

Cobblers and crisps are essentially a baker’s mix-and-match game of a fruit filling and topping. And they’re equal opportunity fare for both confident and casual bakers.

Bake at 375 degrees for 40 or 45 minutes. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Spoons are all right, but a shovel will do even better.

Crisps, cobblers and crumbles can be assembled in any baking dish you have around, even a cast-iron skillet; throw it in the oven and leave it there for an hour without babysitting.

What could be better than warm summer fruit bubbling under a biscuit or crumble topping? * 5 Dudley: The cobbler here is blackberries and cherries under a buttery hazelnut streusel, which gives it ...