Instant Pot Snickerdoodle Apple Cobbler—sliced tart apples baked with a crust of snickerdoodle cookie dough. Serve it warm topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Instant Pot Snickerdoodle Apple Cobbler
We loved this so much we made it and ate it on back to back nights. Greg is always begging me to make apple crisp on Sunday nights. It’s his jam. I’m more of a fudgy wudgy person. Chocolate is typically my jam. However we both agreed that this Instant Pot snickerdoodle apple cobber was a delicious and satisfying treat. Don’t forget the vanilla ice cream!
How to make make Instant Pot snickerdoodle apple cobbler:
- Slice up some apples. I prefer the tart granny smith apples that are good for baking because they retain their shape. You lay them in a pan that fits inside your Instant Pot (for pot-in-pot cooking). I used my mini bundt cake pan* and also my Fat Daddios 7×3 inch pan*. Toss the apples with brown sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice.
- Make the snickerdoodle cookie dough by creaming together butter, sugar, egg and vanilla. Then add in the dry ingredients. Drop the dough, by tablespoons, on top of the apples. This part is lots of fun!
- Snickerdoodles wouldn’t be complete without some cinnamon sugar on top. Sprinkle some on top of the cookie dough. Cover the pan with a paper towel (to prevent dripping) and then foil.
- Use a sling/trivet to lower the pan into your 6 or 8 quart Instant Pot*. The Instant Pot must have some water in the bottom to come to pressure. I used 1 ½ cups. This is sufficient for the 6 or 8 quart pot.
- Use the Steam button to pressure cook for 22 minutes. Use a quick release.
- Serve up the cobbler with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Repeat again the next night.
Can I bake this in the oven or slow cooker instead?
If you’d rather bake this scrumptious treat in the oven go for it! No need to add the paper towel or foil. Just pop the pan into the oven and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes.
To make the cobbler in the slow cooker add apples and cookie dough topping directly into the slow cooker insert. Cover and cook on high for 90 minutes to 2 hours, or until cooked through.
More Instant Pot Dessert Recipes…
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Instant Pot Snickerdoodle Apple Cobbler
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 22 minutes
- Total Time: 42 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Description
Sliced tart apples baked with a crust of snickerdoodle cookie dough. Serve it warm topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
Equipment needed: Instant Pot, pan for pot-in-pot cooking, sling/trivet
For the apples:
- 3 cups thinly sliced granny smith apples (peeled or skins on)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
For the snickerdoodles:
- 5 Tbsp softened butter
- 5 Tbsp white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup flour
For the topping:
- 1 Tbsp white sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Serve with:
- Vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Toss the apples, ½ tsp cinnamon, 3 Tbsp brown sugar and lemon juice together. Place in a pan that fits inside your Instant Pot. (I have used a bundt cake pan* and a Fat Daddios 7×3 inch pan*). Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl cream the butter and 5 Tbsp white sugar together. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Mix in the baking soda, cream of tartar and salt. Slowly stir in the flour.
- Drop tablespoons of the dough on top of the apples in the pan.
- Stir together the 1 Tbsp sugar and ½ tsp cinnamon and sprinkle over the top of the dough.
- Place a paper towel on top of the pan and then cover with foil.
- Pour 1 ½ cups water into bottom of Instant Pot. Place pan on top of a trivet/sling* and lower the pan into the Instant Pot.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the STEAM button to 22 minutes. When time is up move the valve to venting. Remove the lid. Remove the pan. Remove the foil and paper towel.
- Scoop cobbler into bowls and top with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Instant Pot
*Karen Petersen is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
Hi Karen! I love your site and make your recipes all the time, and I finally had to comment on one. I brought this to a Thanksgiving dinner, and it was a hit! I wanted to mention so that other readers would know, I used a bagged Snickerdoodle cookie mix, the kind you just add butter and an egg to. It turned out great that way and was super easy 🙂
Thanks for all the great food over the years!
Good tip Alicia! Thanks!
What is a substitute from a dairy department for a rolled cooking product instead of your cookie dough recipe? So you mean frozen rolls of cookie dough?
I just saw this! If this rocks as much as your super most excellent Monkey Bread recipe I’ve found another great dessert recipe that I’ll always recommend to people on the IPC! I will sub monkfruit sweetener for the white sugar and substitute brown sugar for the regular brown sugar as I’m trying to minimize my sugar intake to try to avoid diabetes. Looking forward to running to the store tomorrow to get the stuff! Thanks for what promises to be another great one!
Hope you liked it!
This recipe did not cook at all. I used the steam button. I did everything exactly as described. I ended up putting it in the oven. Very disappointing.
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What kind of pan did you use?
I’m confused by “steam for 22” my instant pot doesn’t show “stream”
Hope pressure cook is ok?
Do you have an actual Instant Pot or another brand? I thought all Instant Pots had steam button. If you don’t have it then just use pressure cook.
Thanks for your recipes.
The steaming time is given as both 22 & 25 minutes. Which one did you find works better?
Oops that’s a typo. Just corrected it. 22 minutes!
Thank you.
I have everything to make this except the cream of tartar. Is it necessary or is there a substitution I can make? I looks wonderful!
I bet it will be totally fine without it!
Thank you! And not I looks wonderful lol! It looks wonderful!
I have an Instant Pot Mini 3 quart. Can I make this in that? should the time be the same?
do you have a pan for pot in pot cooking in the 3 quart. If so, yes you could make it. But you’ll probably have to half the recipe and the cooking time will be the same.
I have a pan and I’ll give it a try.
This looks great. Do you think I could use a dairy department for a rolled cooking product instead of your cookie recipe?? I am courious. Thanks
I bet that would work well. You’ll probably only need half the roll.
Intriguing…