Easy Apple Crisp

I just love autumn! It’s cooler, it’s crisper, the air smells glorious, and my apple tree has produced fruit! Yay!!! What a wonderful crop so far!

The boys volunteered to harvest the fruit, and then they volunteered to peel and dice the apples! This is because they knew what awaited them if they did: Apple Crisp. I serve it warm with ice cream, and it’s a favorite dessert. I make a TON of it at one time. The leftover serves well for breakfast the next day, or for a repeat dessert the next evening (all you have to do is sprinkle some extra oatmeal on the leftovers and bake again for 20 minutes).

Here’s my Easy Apple Crisp recipe. It’s my favorite dessert recipe because it so easy– I’d much rather do the quick-and-easy stuff so I can spend more time looking for nice women shoes or reading my books.

Easy Apple Crisp
serves 10

10 to 12 cups of apples, pared and diced
2 cups of brown sugar OR 1 3/4 cups of white sugar and 1/2 cup molasses
3 sticks butter (preferred) or margarine
1 cup flour
2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon ginger

You’ll need a very large casserole dish– I use my nice huge one. Grease it up generously with margarine or butter. Dump your diced apples into the dish and pat down.

Concerning the brown sugar– you can use straight brown sugar, or you can do what I did if you don’t have any or don’t feel like making any– and that is, coat your apples with 1/2 cup of molasses before adding anything else. This is what I did for this recipe.

In a large mixing bowl, mash your sticks of butter just a little, with a sturdy fork. Add the sugar to the butter and mash it some more. It does not need to be very well-mixed, just blended. (Remember this is “Easy” Apple Crisp!).

Add the flour, oatmeal, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, and mix it together. Dainty ladies use forks, but when I use them, I just make a mess all over the countertop. You can feel free to ditch the fork and mash the stuff with your hand.

When blended, dump the oatmeal/margarine/sugar mix on top of your apples in the dish. Spread it around with your hand– don’t pat it down because the apples will need room to “breathe” while they bake. I take my hands and poke holes into the apples, to allow the oats and butter to sink in.

Place in a pre-heated oven set at 350 degree, and bake for an hour. It will smell HEAVENLY while it bakes.

Serve warm with cream or ice cream.

This is a great quickie dessert for those autumn evenings. Enjoy!