Apple Crisp

Hello all. I hope everyone is enjoying spring (finally!). This week's post comes at Jeb's request. He mentioned one night Apple Crisp sounded good, so I got on the computer and found a good recipe from allrecipes.com.

Apple Crisp II

My own picture of the finished product

10 Cups all-purpose apples, peeled, cored, and sliced

1 Cup white sugar
1 Tbs all-purpose flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 Cup Water
1 Cup quick-cooking oats
1 Cup all-purpose flour
1 Cup packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 Cup butter, melted


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the sliced apples in a 9x13 inch pan. Mix the white sugar, 1 tablespoon flour and ground cinnamon together and sprinkle over apples. Pour water evenly over all.

Combine oats, 1 cup flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and melted butter together. Crumble evenly over the apple mixture.  Bake at 350 degrees F for about 45 minutes.

Results
I have been looking for a recipe that would work well for a family project. So far, this is the best one. Everyone was able to participate in his/her own way. Katherine washed and brought apples to Jeb. Jeb peeled the apples and I sliced and cored them.  That was the hardest and most time consuming part.

Though it was a time-consuming project, it was an easy one. It took well over half an hour to get the apples in the pan. Peeling, slicing and coring take a lot of time. (Note: If you cook with apples on a regular basis, I would recommend an apple peeler/corer. It will do most of your job for you in relative ease. You can find them online or in just about any store that sells cooking items for relatively low cost.)

 Cooking it was a cinch. The only other prep work involved was mixing a few ingredients in a bowl and that was done in under 5 minutes. Plus the taste was delicious. Everyone ate their first servings with gusto. Sadly, the second servings were left up to Jeb and I. Katherine made us finish off the rest of the apple crisp by ourselves. This was not what I had in mind when I made this, but at least I had help finishing off the pan. :)

Overall, this is a project I would try again. Everyone tried it and it exposed Katherine to something new. If I did make a change to the recipe, I would decrease the amount of water added to the apples before baking. It had a lot more juice in the bottom of the pan than I liked.  Hopefully, the apples will stay moist enough. Until next time, keep experimenting.