Crispy Cranberry Cobbler

Juicy cranberries bursting with flavor topped with a crispy crumb topping comes out of your oven  bubbling and hot.  The sweet aroma of orange and nutmeg fill your home for the Holidays. 

A luscious dessert served with a scoop of cold Vanilla Bean ice cream.  How lovely this addition to your festive array of delectable desserts.  The cobbler is baked in a large porcelain casserole dish.  Dish the cranberry delight in to individual Christmas decorated motif bowls using a silver truffle spoon.  Place a large scoop of  ice cream on the side of the warm cobbler. 

It will start to melt and become rich and creamy.  What a wonderful recipe this is for both Thanksgiving and Christmas meals.  At deliciouscookies.com and therecipeexchange.com we have already balanced the ingredients for you so that you will enjoy the sweetness and tartness of this treat.          

Ingredient Filling:
Cranberries-1 package(12 oz). 
Orange Juice- 1/4 cup. 
Dried Orange Rind-1 1/2 tablespoons. 
Sugar-1 cup. 
Apple Sauce- 1/2 cup. 
Cinnamon- 1/2 teaspoon. 
Nutmeg- 1/4 teaspoon. 
Salt- 1/4 teaspoon. 
Heavy Cream- 1/2 cup.  

 Ingredients Topping: 
Flour-1/2 cup. 
Instant Oat Meal-1 cup. 
Salt-1/4 teaspoon. 
Brown Sugar-1/2 cup. 
Sweet Butter-6 1/2 tablespoons.         

Instructions: 
Place in a saucepan the cranberries, orange juice, orange rind, sugar and apple sauce.  Bring to a boil constantly stirring.  Lower the temperature to medium.  Keep stirring until the consistency begins to thicken. The cranberries should all burst and the mixture start to get syrupy in about 12 minutes.  Pour in the cream.  Mix and thicken for a few more minutes. 

Remove from stove and allow to cool for 15 minutes.  In a separate bowl add in the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.  Combine.  Break off small pieces of butter in to the dry mixture.  Using your hands break the butter pieces into the dry ingredients until it becomes crumbly.  Butter a large casserole dish. 

Spread some of the crumb topping on the bottom of the casserole dish and press down firmly.  Pour the cranberry mixture on top of the crumb bottom.  Take the rest of the crumb mixture and squeeze it together. Break the mixture into larger crumb size pieces and cover the top of the cranberry mixture.  Bake in a 350F degree oven for 50 minutes