Autumn Apple Crisp

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (see directions)
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 8 cups sliced and peeled apples (8-10 apples, depending on size)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 first, make topping by combining flour, oats, brown sugar and spice in a small bowl; drizzle melted butter over and then toss mixture together with a fork.
• 2 set aside.
• 3 i am a big fan of the pumpkin-pie spice sold by penzeys, which contains cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, ginger, mace and cloves, but you can use any spicing you wish for this--traditional would be to use only cinnamon.
• 4 if your apples are at all tart, you may want to increase the brown sugar in the topping, as well as increase the sugar mixed in with the apples; it's your call.
• 5 as for the apples to use, i make this dessert a lot in the autumn when i always have lots of fresh macintosh apples around; it's also very good when made with northern spys.
• 6 when topping is made and set aside, preheat oven to 375f and get out an 8-inch square baking pan.
• 7 peel, core and slice apples to get your 8 cups and place those directly in the baking pan.
• 8 sprinkle sugar and juices over, and toss well.
• 9 sprinkle topping over entire surface of apples.
• 10 bake in preheated oven for approximately 40 minutes, or until bubbly and the apples are tender (poke with a fork).
• 11 let cool for a bit before eating; it's good warm or cool.
• 12 i serve it warm, with vanilla ice cream.