Apple Crisp… oh, how yummy

November 18th, 2008

Kellie posted that she had tons of apples and needed recipe ideas. In our house, we’re split on our apple preferences. The boys prefer sour Granny Smiths while us girls like sweet Fujis. I swear, if my mom had given us Fuji apples instead of those awful mushy Golden Delicious things, I’d have eaten way more apples.

Now, I like my apples dipped in peanut butter. I like my apples thinly sliced with a little cheddar cheese. But mostly, I like my apples in a crisp. And this is one recipe in which the boys’ choice usually wins.

Chel’s Apple Crisp

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • cinnamon
  • brown sugar
  • 1/4 - 1/2 c butter
  • a bunch of apples

Peel, core and slice the apples really thinly. Pile them into a baking dish until the dish is about half to three-quarters of the way full.

In a bowl, mix the cake mix along with a teaspoon or so of brown sugar and two or three good, healthy shakes of cinnamon.

Melt the butter and pour into bowl with dry ingredients. Mix around some. You’re just looking to make some lumpy spots. Pour the dry mix onto the apples.

Bake at 350 about 20 minutes or so. You want the apples to be soft and tender and the top to be crispy. Scoop into bowls and top with a little bit of vanilla ice cream (or Bruster’s has some cinnamon ice cream I keep thinking I might try with it.).

… You can do this with pretty much any fruit that has enough juice to sweeten up and get tender. It’s great with strawberries. And this weekend, after I get those yummo Harry and David pears, we’re having it with pears.

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