Hazel Radant's Criminally Easy Cobbler 

- Preheat oven to 350­­­°F. 
- Spray 7" square baking pan with Pam. (The pan can actually be any shape, including parallelogram, like the one we used to prop the garage door open with.) 
- Open a can of fruit pie filling, and dump it into the lubricated pan so it makes the sound "poit." 
- Spread the filling flat with the back side of a large spoon, and then lick it clean. Spread a second time if necessary. 
- Evenly sprinkle your choice of yellow, white, or lemon cake mix on top of the pie filling in a 1/2" layer. Clumps are good. Should resemble surface of moon. 
- Crumbled pecans or walnuts optional, but recommended for added calories. 
- Place pads of butter about an index finger's length apart on top of the cake mix moon surface. 
- Bake at 350°F for oh, I don't know, about 20 minutes or until golden brown and convincingly cobblerish. 
- Serve piping hot with a blob of ice cream. (Refuse to divulge recipe.) 
- Serves 6 regular people or 3 or 4 Radants. 



Hazel Radant is the criminally easy-cooking mother of Christine Radant, author of the original short story Home for the Holidays on which the film of the same name is based. Many thanks to both. 

© 1995 from the "Home for the Holidays" Cookbook.