What is the difference...

Apple pie has a flakey, pastry crust top and bottom. An apple cobbler has no bottom crust (as you mentioned) but can have a pastry, cake or crumb topping. There are lots of variations. The more important question, is which is better. To find out, you and several friends should bake some of the various forms. Then have a taste test. Remember not to eat dinner first, otherwise you might not make it through all entries. Get back to us with the results...lol.

Could that be apple crumble (and not cobbler)? http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Apple-Crumble I have never heard of apple cobbler

It's hard to go by what you see because to a lot of people, cobbler is basically a pie made in a casserole dish instead of a pie pan. The real difference is, pie has a flaky, but flat bottom crust (sometimes a top crust too). Cobbler is made with a crumbly top crust, but no bottom crust.

It kind of depends on where in the U.S. you eat it. I've seen both with and without bottom crusts, and the biggest difference with those with the bottom crust from a pie is that the bottom crust isn't COOKED first most of the time for cobbler. I've also seen cobbler where it was almost a cake with lots of fruit in it, peaches, apples or black berries most of the time. I honestly think those are more nearly a "cheat" than a real cobbler tho. Cobblers don't have a "crumb" type topping, like an apple crumble, those are often called apple crisps as well (nothing to do with crisps in England guys) Generally speaking, I think most cobblers have a thicker crust on top than people want on a pie... Mind you, if I ate one, it would have to be home made so I know what they put in it, because most commercial fillings have corn starch in them.

Hiya margi, It sounds like Apple Crumble that is an Apple Pie sort of anyway with no dough base on it. You can add spicy thing to the apple mixture as well I suppose. I would not mind eating some right now we are at least eight degrees below centigrade. Extreme cold makes you hungry too (grin) Apple Crumble when I made it used to have layers of mixed cake like mixture with layers of Butter too. You could also add raisins to it as well.

if there is a chance i want to try it

Oh I don't know, I think of a cobbler as more of a cake. A pie is it's own thing. That's the technical explanation. :D

i thought all cobblers have a crusted bottom. guess i dont know much either. i figure cobbler has more juiciness, like a fruit soup persay on a crust. where pie is more a solid. with crust.