- 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.
