Autumn is the season for apples and pumpkins. My favorite recipes are apple cobbler and pumpkin pie, which (in my humble opinion) are true American holiday cuisine. I enjoy these desserts for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.
FUN FACTS:
Cobblers originated in the British American colonies. "The earliest recipe dates from 1824. Apple Cobbler – Cobblers (stewed fruit topped with batter, biscuit, or dumplings) originated in the British American colonies with the term “cobbler” recorded in 1859. Cobblers can be made with any type of fruit or berry and are also known as slumps, grunts, and pandowdy." (SOURCE: M. E. Bond)A cobbler is not the same as Crisp, Crumble, Betty, Or Buckle? What's the difference? "Cobblers are a fruit dessert baked with biscuit-style topping. It's called a cobbler because its top crust is not smooth like a pie crust but rather “cobbled” and coarse. It's usually dropped or spooned over the fruit, then baked. Individual fruit cobblers." (SOURCE: Farmers' Almanac)
"Northeastern Native American tribes grew squash and pumpkins. The Native Americans brought pumpkins as gifts to the first settlers, and taught them the many uses for pumpkin. This led to serving pumpkin pie at the first Thanksgiving in America about 50 years later." (SOURCE: The History Behind Pumpkin Pie)
Do you have a favorite recipe using these ingredients?
BONUS QUESTION: Which do you prefer to top your apple cobbler or your pumpkin pie?
- Scoop of vanilla ice cream
- Huge squirt of whipped cream
- Other topping
History of Baked Fruit Desserts Like Buckle, Pandowdy, and Cobbler
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POTUS George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation – Thursday, Nov 26, 1789 proclaimed a day of “public thanksgiving and prayer”. 
