Apple Crisp Recipe For A Great Fall Desert

During the summer we prefer cool deserts, but as fall and winter approach, our taste buds want something warm from the oven. One easy yet tasty fall desert to serve warm and complete a mean is an apple crisp. An apple crisp recipe us usually easy enough that even beginning cooks can follow the directions.

Apple crisps are a part of a family of easy deserts which combine a fruit filling with a pastry topping. There are several other deserts that use the same idea, although the pastry crust may be somewhat different. All of these deserts make up some great comfort foods that help to keep your body warm and satisfied. The crust for a typical apple crisp uses a mixture that works up very much like a streusel. Most toppings contain a combination that includes sugar, flour, butter, oatmeal and may include nuts for additional flavor.

When the desert is done and you open your oven, you will immediately see why this desert is called an apple crisp.

Fortunately, the time that our taste buds begin to long for deserts like apple crisps is just the time that they are starting to arrive fresh in the markets. Freshly harvested apples make the best deserts. Choose a good tart cooking apple such as a Granny Smith for your apple crisp. Feel free to add other fruits that would complement the apples, such as raspberries or cranberries. In Great Brittan, a favorite addition is Blackberries. Serve your freshly baked apple crisp warm topped with ice cream.

If your apple crisp recipe calls for old fashioned rolled oats, do not substitute quick cooking oats. Quick cooking oats are cut then steamed and rolled. Old fashioned oats are steamed and rolled while whole. This gives them a much nuttier flavor and the apple crisp topping a much better texture.

Oatmeal is a whole grain cereal which has many health benefits. It has been shown to lower cholesterol and to be a great source of fiber. The apples are also a great fiber source, so this is one desert that you can eat, within limits and feel good about.

Here is a quick apple crisp recipe. You are going to need four medium Granny Smith apples. The will need to be peeled and cored. Once the apples are peeled, and sliced place them in a greased 9×13 baking pan. Top the apples with the apple crisp topping.

For the topping you will want to mix three quarters cup of brown sugar with one half cup each of flour and old fashioned oats. Add one third cup of margarine along with cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. Mix the topping until combined and crumble over the top of the apples.

The apple crisp should bake for half an hour in a 375 degree oven that has been preheated or until the apples are tender.

Serve the apple crisp warm out of the oven topped with ice cream. Leftovers (if there are any) can be warned for about a minute and topped with ice cream.

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