Lisa James came over earlier this week with a beautiful basket of apples. We had some slices with an extra sharp Vermont cheddar cheese as an evening snack during a heated Wii golf tournament. The rest went into this wonderful apple crisp!
When looking for a recipe, almost all of them had a stick of butter, a cup of sugar plus 1/2 to a cup of brown sugar...a little over the top. I found some 'healthy' apple crisp recipes, and combined them to create this one. I suppose you could substitute local honey or agave nectar in the apples, but it seems a little brown sugar is needed to form the crust.
Apple Crisp
Ingredients:
crisp:
- 1 package instant oatmeal (I used Trader Joe's instant whole grain cranberry oatmeal)
- 1/4 cup + a sprinkle all-purpose flour(organic white unbleached flour)
- 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar (organic)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 Tbsp margarine (non-hydroginated olive-oil based)
- 4-5 peeled and cored apples
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice, fresh squeezed (1 small lemon)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp granulated organic raw cane sugar
- 2 cups vanilla nonfat frozen yogurt
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Spray an 8x8-inch baking pan with cooking spray or organic canola oil.
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice into a flat, shallow bowl such as a pie plate.
- Peel, core, and thinly slice apples. Place each sliced apple into the lemon juice and toss to coat as you work to prevent browning and allow the apples to soak up the lemon juice. Once apples are done, sprinkle in sugar and cinnamon and toss gently to coat. Allow to marinate briefly.
- In a bowl, combine the oatmeal, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and margarine with a pastry blender. Add a little more margarine or a handful of flour to get the mixture to a crumbly consistency without being too dry or too moist.
- Spread the apple slices evenly over the surface of an 8x8" square glass baking pan.
- Sprinkle the oatmeal-flour mixture evenly over the apples.
- Bake in the preheated over for 30 minutes or until the apples are tender and the topping is golden brown.
- Serve warmwith 1/4 cup frozen yogurt (or eat right out of the pan!).
