Apple Crisp...

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wed to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking successive autumns."

~ George Eliot

Apples... apples... apples... Once the air gets a bit chilly and it's time to pullout the turtle necks and sweaters, then it must also be time to crank up the warm oven and bake a nice, hot apple crisp!

Andrew, or Unca Drew as the children refer to him, is in town this weekend, and we're lazily catching up and enjoying the brisk autumn weather. So, last night we heated up the stove and popped an apple crisp in to enjoy after dinner. Comfort food... at its very best!

Apple Crisp

8 apples (I used a combination of Granny Smith and Gala Apples), peeled, cored, and sliced
2-3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 cup regular oats
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 cup butter, cut into small cubes

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x13 baking dish. Toss sliced apples gently with 2-3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Place in prepared baking dish.

In another bowl, mix together flour, sugar, brown sugar, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Add to this mixture the melted butter. Stir until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle over the top of the apples, and dot with cubed butter.

Bake for 50 minutes until crisp is lightly browned and apples are tender. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Last night, the only thing our apple crisp was lacking was a side of Bluebell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream!