Apple Crisp

To us, comfort foods go beyond main courses and one dish that screams fall comfort food is Apple Crisp. This dish is really easy to put together. It takes an hour to bake and while it bakes it will fill your kitchen with the smell of baking apples and cinnamon, but it will definitely be worth the wait.

Apple Crisp

4 tbsp cold butter, cut into pieces
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 tsp ground cinnamon
4 apples, washed, cored and cut into 1/2-inch dice
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.

For the topping, combine the butter, sugar, flour, oats and 1 tsp of the cinnamon in a bowl. Work together with fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal, then set aside.

Toss the diced apples with lemon juice. Pour the apples into the baking dish and sprinkle with the remainder of the cinnamon. Spread the topping evenly over the apples.

Bake in center of the oven for 1 hour or until bubbly and the apples are tender.

When done baking, let cool slightly. Serve warm, topped with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.

Notes:

- If you like nuts, you can add ½ cup of chopped walnuts or pecans to the crumble topping.

- We used Macintosh apples to give the crisp a nice tart flavor.

- If you don’t like the texture of cooked apple peels, you can peel the apples before coring and cutting.