KITK: Apple-raspberry Crisp
So I managed to get my little guy to help me out with another baking project. This one is an old family favourite but I continue to get better at it and keep mixing things up to keep it interesting. The base of this classic Apple Crisp recipe can be changed to include whatever fruit you would like – from apples to peaches and pears and even berrries added in there too!
This time around, we added lots of delicious raspberries to the apples on the bottom. Avery did a great job of arranging all the fruit on the bottom of the dish so that each serving would get a little bit of both fruits. 
Here is the recipe, passed down to me by my uber-baker grandmother, now in her nineties! I can’t promise anything about low-fat or give you the calorie count or anything, but I can promise you that when made right, it is delicious!
Dee-Dee’s Apple Crisp:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter / marg.
- 1/2 to 1 cup brown sugar (how sweet do you like it?)
- 3/4 cup w. flour (add 1 tsp cinnamon)
Directions:
- Cover bottom of a 10″ pan with slice apples (you can add 1/4 cup of apple juice over apples)
- Cream butter, add sugar
- Gradually, mix in flour and rub to a crumbly mix
- you can add 1/2 cup rolled oat if you wish
- Spread crumbs over top of fruit
- Bake at 325 – when brown on top & apples are soft, take out of oven (maybe 25 mins or 30 mins, depends on oven)
I usually do add the rolled oats because it makes a better “cover”. If you have too little on top, the apples and fruit underneath don’t get all sealed in. Also using real butter will of course help the taste as well as the texture. For this size pan, use at least a few apples (more if they are small and less if you are adding other larger fruits).
Our combination of apples and raspberries turned out amazing!! The whole thing is already all eaten up (or I assume so anyways since I sent both kids with a little serving of it for dessert in their lunch bags today!). I will definitely bake it again (if you do too, I’d love to hear about it!). Next time I’d actually like to try peaches and raspberries! Hopefully I can convince a helper or two to work on that project with me.
Happy baking!
July 26 2010 03:48 pm | KidsInTheKitchen and family
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