EATS! Apple Crisp. Yummy.

APPLE CRISP. Just like any family recipe, everyone has their favorite version.  

                       

Here's ours.  We hope you 

                                     

l o v e   i t  !

Country Apple Crisp

• 4 cups sliced apples
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed, more if apples are t
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ cup water, heated
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup butter, chilled
• ¾ cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup rolled oats, optional
• ¼ cup sliced almonds, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.

Place apples in prepared dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Dissolve the 1 T (or more) brown sugar in heated water and pour over all. Combine flour and sugar and cut in chilled butter, sprinkle in a small dash of cinnamon, if necessary. Toss in optional topping ingredients. Sprinkle mixture evenly over apples. 

Bake in preheated oven 30 to 40 minutes, until apples are tender and crust is crunchy and golden. Broil lightly if necessary.

How sweet this is will be entirely up to you.  If we have sweeter apples that year, I learned quickly to reduce considerably the amount of sugar in the topping.  But...

don't omit the brown sugar from the apple-cinnamon mixture.  This is the trick to that delectable caramel-y sticky yumminess you see on the sides there... Oh, lawd.

I always end up broiling mine, on low if possible, just until the almonds BEGIN to toast (they have a tendency to burn faster than you can blink, so if in doubt, go ahead and take it OUT!), it will continue to crisp once out.  

Thanks for apples.