Fall is in the air again

Apple Crumble

Fall and all the earthly treasures it brings, including an abundance of delicious tree fresh apples. This recipe is even better if you can have a few varieties of apples mixed together. You definitely want to pick tart and a sweet varieties, also try to choose firm crisp apples. If you don’t have access to local tree apples visit your local farmers market and I am sure you will find apples ready to be baked for your pleasure. A store bought version would be a Granny Smith, Golden delicious and more. Not all apples are great for baking and will change the outcome of the recipe. Well, this is one recipe that will not disappoint in flavor, texture and comfort. There are so many versions of the Apple Crisp, it’s one of those recipes you don’t really need a recipe once you know the basics, but today I followed one and tweaked it a tiny bit. This one is definitely more of a crumble while you pulverize the oats, flour, sugar, spice and butter together, which forms huge buttery balls to be devoured.

Preheat oven to 375

Bake in a 13 by 9 inch glass baking dish

Apples Middle filling:

4 pounds of apple or 7-8 cups (I used a variety of tree picked apples. Granny Smith work well paired with Golden delicious. It really helps to have tart apples.)

Core apples, then cut them into both chunks and thin slices. I peeled the tarter apples and left the skins on the others.

Juice of two Meyers lemons

2 tablespoons of granulated sugar

2 tablespoon of brown sugar

1 tablespoons of cinnamon

Toss all ingredients together and set aside

(Make sure to sample a few of these babies before filling! What a great snack for kids!)

Crust

1 cup of all purpose four

½ cup granulated sugar

½ cup brown sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

½ teaspoon nutmeg

¼ teaspoon salt

16 tablespoons butterJ enjoy occasionally right!

2/3 cup old fashion oats

Put all the above “dry” ingredients into a large bowl. Take half the mixture and 6-7 Tablespoons of the butter.. put into the food processor and process until it has a course meal look and no large chunks of butter are left. Then press this into your baking pan. Next cut some small chunks of butter and put on top of crust evenly over the top. Maybe 5 Tablespoons cut into chunks

Put apple topping on top of this

Mix the rest of the topping together and it should form large ball like crumbles. Coat all apples.
Then bake until golden brown or bubbly. Bake about 35-45 minutes. Make sure its golden brown. Let it cool and serve it 20-30min latter.

Ok, so I wanted a double crust. The above crust is for the double. It will give you miles of thick buttery sweet cinnamony crust. You could just top it with this and cup the recipe back to half but I think it made for a special occasion crumbleJ Top it with fresh whip cream or fat scoop of vanilla gelato. This would be a beautiful change to the apple pie on Thanksgiving day.

Enjoy! Life is short and so we must enjoy the treats we receive!