Apple Crisp Recipe

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Ingredients:

2 pounds tart green apples, peeled and sliced
thinly(about 5 to 51/2 cups sliced)
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup butter

Directions:

Peel the apples and slice them thinly. Put them in a rather shallow 1-quart casserole and sprinkle them with the water. Put them aside while you prepare the crust.

Sift together the dry ingredients and cut in the butter until all is well combined. Sprinkle this mixture thickly and evenly over the apples. Don't mix the two together.

Cover the casserole and bake at 350 degrees for 1/2 hour, then uncover and bake another 1/2 hour. The crust will be crisp on top, and will have partly seeped down through the apples,
flavoring them and binding them slightly together.

Serve hot or cold.

Creme Anglaise: Basic custard Sauce

IMPORTANT: Bake the casserole covered for the first 30 minutes and uncovered the last 30 minutes. I once forgot to cover it (causing dried apples)and another time forgot to remove the foil (causing a mushy texture). Both outcomes were irreparable.

The author suggests serving this alone or with creme anglaise. I also like to serve it with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. If I'm by myself, I love it in a bowl in a pool of unwhipped, unsweetened cream.

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Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: The Vegetarian Epicure, c. 1972 by Anna Thomas
Submitted By: JJS
janmo5225@aol.com
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