Apples are always readily available in the grocery store, so you can bake apple crisp any day of the year. But there is
Golden Delicious Apple Crisp
something oh! so delightful about warm-from-the-oven apple crisp on a fall day with the leaves turning and and a little chill in the air.
Please feel free to claim this apple crisp recipe as your own. I call it…My Awesome Apple Crisp…but you can call it whatever you like.
5 Cups of Golden Delicious Apples, peeled and sliced (Granny Smith are also good)
1-1/2 cups of granulated sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup quick cooking oatmeal
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
1/4 cup unsalted butter, cold, cut into chunks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 375*F.
In a large bowl, mix together the chopped apples, 1/2 cup of the sugar, and the cinnamon.
In a food processor, process the flour, oats, remaining sugar, cold butter and vanilla, pulsing just to blend. You want it lumpy and bumpy, not smooth. (Actually, if you really want to go all out…double the recipe for the topping…It’s so good. And then you can pick some off of the top and still have plenty for your family.) Mix in nuts, if desired.
Mix 1/2 cup of topping with the apples and toss well.
Transfer to 9″ x 9″ glass baking dish or your favorite casserole of similar size. Spread remaining topping over apple mixture.
Bake for 35 minutes till browned nicely.
Serve warm with a scoop of Edy’s Vanilla Bean ice cream while sitting on your front porch admiring the trees dressed up in their best colors and that particularly peaceful fall scent in the air. Oh, heaven!
**Acknowledgments to my friend Sharman, for sharing her bountiful Golden Delicious harvest with me. Those apples earned their name and made this recipe proud!
