Okay, I am finally adding a recipe to my blog. It was bound to happen sooner or later so I am beginning with a simple but surprisingly delicious dessert/breakfast/midnight snack. This is taken from my mom's recipe with a few small changes of my own...




Apple Crisp

Topping:

2/3 cup oatmeal
2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2/3 cup all purpose flour
½ tsp. cinnamon 6 tbsp slightly softened butter (diced)

Apples:

6-8 Apples (granny smiths or braeburns are the best), peeled & sliced 2 tbsp. granulated sugar
½ lemon juiced
1 tsp. cinnamon
1tsp. pumpkin pie spice

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In a baking dish combine apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice & sugar
In a bowl mix flour, brown sugar, oatmeal, cinnamon & butter
Crumble topping with a pastry cutter or whisk
Cover apples with topping and bake for 15-20 minutes until topping is golden

I strongly recommend enjoying this with vanilla ice cream, outdoors on a picnic blanket with someone who makes you smile...