Old Fashioned Apple Crisp

Categories: dessert, not tried

Ingredients

• 6 to 8 cups peeled tart apples
• 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup sugar'1 cup rolled oats (not instant)
• 1 cup bleached all-purpose flour
• 3 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• Dash each of nutmeg and allspice
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 5 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup minced walnuts (optional)
• vanilla ice cream or maple yogurt (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2. Slice the apples and place them into a 9 × 13 inch baking pan and sprinkle them with lemon juice and sugar. Toss the pan/or stir gently until the apples are well coated.

3. In a medium-size bowl, use a fork and/or clean your hands to mix together oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, salt, butter, and walnuts until the butter is completely distributed. Distribute this topping over the apples, patting it firmly into place.

4. Bake uncovered in the center of the oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until the top is crisp and lightly browned and the fruit is bubbling around the edges. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature, plain or accompanied by some terrific vanilla ice cream or some equally good maple yogurt.

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