APPLE AND CREAM CHEESE COBBLER

Apple layer:


8 apples

1 C. sugar

1 T. cinnamon



Crunchy baked topping:

1/2 C. brown sugar

2 T. butter

2 T. flour

1 t. cinnamon



Cobbler layer:

1/2 C. butter

1 C. brown sugar

2 eggs

2 C. self-rising flour

1 C. sour cream

2 T. rum or rum flavoring



Cream cheese topping:

8 oz. cream cheese

1 C. cream

1 t. vanilla

1/2 to 1 C. sugar



Heat oven to 400° F. Peel and slice apples. Spread apples in 9-by-11-inch glass casserole. Sprinkle on sugar and cinnamon and bake while you prepare the rest of the cobbler.



Mix ingredients for crunchy baked topping.



For cobbler layer, soften butter and mix with sugar with electric mixer. Add eggs and mix. Add remaining ingredients in cobbler batter. Dollop over hot apples. Sprinkle with crunchy topping mixture. Bake about 30 to 40 minutes. Cobbler is done when cake part is brown and firm.

Combine cream cheese topping ingredients and whip until light and fluffy. Top each serving of cobbler with this mixture.