This homemade 3 ingredient apple cobbler with yellow cake mix recipe cannot get any easier! It's full of flavor, super ooey gooey, and will put you in the mood for fall!
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Do you love easy and delicious cobbler recipes? This easy canned peach cobbler with cake mix, quick blueberry peach cobbler with cake mix, pumpkin pie cobbler with cake mix, and blueberry cobbler recipe are tasty and just as simple to make!
If you also love apple desserts, try these apple cheesecake bars, easy apple pie bars, this apple crisp, and this easy apple pie with puff pastry too!
I love making this apple cobbler when it gets cool outside and fall and winter roll around. It's a cozy recipe, and any time I host during this time of year, I always like to make this for dessert because it's delicious, but it also is quick to prepare, which means I get to spend more time with my guests and less time in the kitchen!
I've tested this recipe many times before putting it online, and I can confidently say I've perfected it! It has the perfect ratio of applied pie filling to topping and just enough butter to make the topping perfectly golden and crispy. My friends and family fall in love with this recipe and make it on their own for their own families cause it's just too easy and tasty not too!
Why you'll love this recipe
- QUICK: This comes together in less than 5 minutes. It's a super quick dump cake recipe that tastes absolutely delicious!
- EASY: You only need three ingredients to make this recipe!! It doesn't get much easier than that!
- COZY VIBES: This comforting dessert brings so much warmth from the baked apples and flavors of fall! It'll make you want to cozy up on the couch with a warm blanket and a cup of tea or share it with friends and family during fall and winter!
Recipe Ingredients
- Apple Pie Filling: This recipe comes together quickly with a couple of cans of apple pie filling. That's right! This recipe does not require peeling, coring, or slicing apples (which can take FOREVER).
- Boxed Cake Mix: This cake mix cobbler uses the Betty Crocker yellow cake mix, but there are other options to keep in mind in case you can't find this: golden cake mix or vanilla cake mix! Both have been tested, and they taste pretty similar and just as delicious!
- Butter: The butter melts all over the dried cake mix and turns it into a golden and addictive cobbler topping that melts in your mouth with every bite!
See the recipe card below for the ingredient measurements.
Kitchen Equipment
- Baking Dish: You'll need a 9x13 baking dish to bake the cobbler.
- Can Opener: To open the cans of apple pie filling.
- Knife: For slicing the butter.
- Measuring Spoons and Cups: These are used to measure the ingredients.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Prepare: Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Assemble: In a 9x13 baking dish, evenly distribute the canned apples (we like to sprinkle a little bit of cinnamon on top too but this is optional). Sprinkle the cake mix over the apples and then scatter the slices of butter on top of the cake mix.
- Bake: Bake uncovered on the middle rack for 45-55 minutes until the cobbler topping is solid and golden. Rest for 10 minutes before serving, and top with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
Storage and Leftovers
Once completely cooled, store any leftovers covered with plastic wrap or tin foil in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Expert Tips
- Add some cinnamon! Not all canned apple pie fillings include any type of spice, so if you really enjoy that apple-cinnamon combo at fall, feel free to sprinkle some cinnamon over top of the apples as you assemble the cobbler!
- Evenly distribute the butter. You'll want bits of butter all over the top of the cobbler to ensure the cobbler topping bakes cohesively and there are isn't any spots of cake mix anywhere!
- Bake on the middle rack. To ensure the top of the cobbler doesn't burn, you should bake it on the middle rack of the oven.
- Be patient! It's hard to do, but the longer you let the cobbler set will give it more time to thicken before serving. Noone likes runny cobbler!
- Switch up the fruit! The apple pie filling can be easily replaced by any other pie filling or fresh fruit! Keep this recipe in your back pocket if you like it because it's such a versatile recipe and super easy to make with cake mix as the cobbler topping!
Frequently Asked Questions
You can freeze it once it's fully cooled, however it's not recommended as the cobbler topping will not thaw properly and will likely be soggy.
Usually, a cobbler is watery if no thickening ingredient, such as corn starch, was tossed with the fruit. However, in the case of this recipe the canned apples are mixed with cornstarch so it shouldn't be runny. However, if it is still runny, that may be because it didn't rest long enough after baking. If you give it some more time to rest, it will thicken up.
No you don't! Canned apple pie filling contains soft apples ready for baking purposes.
Other Cake Mix Recipes
Boxed cake mix recipes make desserts extra easy to make, so I have plenty to share! Try these lemon poppy seed muffins with cake mix, pumpkin muffins with cake mix, pumpkin cake mix bars, carrot cake using cake mix, pumpkin cookies with cake mix, chocolate chip cookie bars with cake mix, and chocolate crinkle cookies with cake mix too!
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3 Ingredient Apple Cobbler with Yellow Cake Mix
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
This 3 ingredient apple cobbler with yellow cake mix recipes is quick and easy, full of warm flavors, and super addictive!
Ingredients
- Canned Apple Pie Filling: 2 cans (21 ounces each)
- Boxed Yellow Cake Mix: 1 package
- Butter, sliced: ½ cup
Instructions
- Prepare: Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Assemble: In a 9x13 baking dish, evenly distribute the canned apples (we like to sprinkle a little bit of cinnamon on top too but this is optional). Sprinkle the cake mix over the apples and then scatter the slices of butter on top of the cake mix.
- Bake: Bake uncovered on the middle rack for 45-55 minutes until the cobbler topping is solid and golden. Rest for 10 minutes before serving, and top with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
Notes
Some sprinkled cinnamon will give the cobbler some extra spice and warmth and complement the apples.
The longer you let the cobbler set, the more time it will have to thicken before serving.
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- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: dessert
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: american
Susan says
I made this recipe for a family get together this past Sunday but I tweaked it I used caramel apple pie filling and a spice cake and it came out great so it will clean and warm and the one with the yellow cake mix that you're talking about was good also I I thought it was good but I just wanted to tweak it up a little bit just to see what would happen right but you're yellow cake mix one with a five-star recipe thank you cuz if it wasn't for your recipe I wouldn't even have thought to make it
Andrea says
Wow, caramel apple pie filling and spice cake mix sound so flavourful and cozy for this time of year! I'm definitely going to be trying that out 🙂 So glad you all enjoyed it! Thank you so much for you kind comment!
Andrea says
This is one of my favourite year-round desserts to make because it’s quick and easy with just 3 ingredients yet so tasty!! I would love to hear what you think of it 🙂