Virginia Apple Cobbler

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Step 2 -Grease an 8-inch square baking dish or 9-10-inch cast-iron skillet.

Step 3 -In a large bowl, add the apples, 1/2 cup of the granulated sugar, the lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of the cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon of the nutmeg, the allspice, and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and stir to combine.

Step 4 -Transfer the apple mixture to the prepared baking dish.

Step 5 -In a separate large bowl, add the flour, the remaining granulated sugar, the remaining salt, the remaining cinnamon, and the remaining nutmeg and whisk to combine.

Step 6 -Add the grated butter to the flour mixture and gently toss to combine until the butter is completely coated.

Step 7 -Add 1 cup of the cold buttermilk to the flour mixture and stir until just combined into a dough with no dry pockets of flour remaining. If the dough seems too dry, add the extra buttermilk, a little at a time, until the desired consistency is reached.

Step 8 -By hand, in roughly 6 portions of about 3/4-1-inch thickness, form the dough into biscuits.

Step 9 -Place the biscuits evenly on top of the apple mixture.

Step 10 -Evenly brush the remaining 2 tablespoons of the buttermilk on the tops of the biscuits.

Step 11 -Evenly sprinkle the biscuits with the coarse sugar.

Step 12 -Bake, uncover, until the apple mixture is bubbling and the biscuits are golden-brown and cooked through when a toothpick inserted into the middle of the largest biscuit comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes. If the biscuits become too dark before the cobbler is done, loosely tent the top of the cobbler with aluminum foil towards the end of the baking time.

Step 13 -Serve the cobbler warm with the vanilla ice cream.