Apple Crisp

This dish was inspired by a trip to a local apple orchard with my sister in law. We are having a family get together to carve pumpkins so I wanted to use the delicious apples I got to make a dessert. I love apple crisp so I found a great recipe in my Better Home and Garden cookbook.

Fruit Crisp

• 5 cups sliced, peeled cooking apples, pears, peaches, or apricots or frozen unsweetened peach slices
• 2 to 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup regular rolled oats
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg or cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts or coconut
• Vanilla ice cream (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degree. If fruit is frozen, thaw but do not drain. Place fruit in a 2 quart square baking dish. Stir in granulated sugar. 

2. For topping, in a medium bowl combine the oats, brown sugar, flour, and nutmeg, Cut in butter until until mixture resembles course crumbs. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle topping over filling.

3. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes (40 minutes for thawed fruit) or until fruit is tender and topping is golden. Cool slightly. If desired, serve warm with ice cream. 

We made this without the nuts or coconut. My wonderful husband peeled and sliced all the apples while I made the topping. We used cinnamon instead of nutmeg. Cinnamon was also the next spice we picked from our spice rack so I'm glad I finally got around to making something with it.