I feel like Apple Crisp is always something that makes everyone smile. Very hard to not make delicious and a happy dish that adds warmth to even the coldest of hearts. Though always good, the main ingredients I feel make this dish are of course the apples, the spices, and oats. Nuts make a nice touch too.
A very good variation from strictly apple crisp is to do an fruit crisp. My favorite is one with apples, peaches, and blackberries. Just adjust the fruit ingredients and still follow directions below.
Time
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Bake Time: 45 minutes
Ready in: 1 hr 5 min
Servings
A 13 x 9 in Casserole or Baking dish's worth. About 6-8 servings.
Ingredients
Topping
2 cups rolled oats
4 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons of whole wheat flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon salt
7 tablespoons of unsalted softened butter cut into 1/2 inch pieces
3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional: if you like a bit of crunch to your crisp)
*Side note* If you want to make this recipe a little bit healthier another good way to do it is adding 1/2 cup of maple syrup or honey to the mixture instead of large quantities of butter and sugar. However, when adding sugars such as these to the topping-be careful-because if you add too much honey the topping becomes more of like a solid chunk of oats and things so the crisp can easily turn into more of an upside down apple cake.
Filling
4 medium Granny Smith Apples
2 McIntosh Apples (adds for a little bit of sweetness when paired with Granny Smith)
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (I just kinda sprinkle around till it looks good)
Procedures
1. Preheat oven to 375 Fahrenheit
2. Peel and cut apples into 1 inch cubes.
3. Toss apples into baking pan or casserole dish, spray and mix with lemon juice. This helps preserve the apples so they don't turn brown while you are doing other stuff.
4. Add lemon zest and sugar mix around.
5. Proceed to making topping.
6. In large bowl mix well the oats, flours, sugars, spices, and salt.
7. Beat in the butter.
8. Mix in walnuts with wooden spoon if adding. Be careful not to over mix here or topping will be slightly mushy.
9. Place topping mixture over apple mixture and bake for 40 minutes.
8. If you like your apple crisp a little less mushy and more crunchy, take out here and let cool, otherwise proceed.
9. Increase temperature to 400 Fahrenheit and bake until fruit bubbles, about 5 more min.
10. Take out of oven, let cool for a few minutes and serve warm.
*Goes well with vanilla ice cream on top and a glass of milk or white wine*
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Cranberry Orange Walnut Bread
This bread is a delicious winter treat that is altogether fairly healthy AND tasty.
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 1 hr
Ready In: 1 hr 15 min
Servings
1 regular 9' x 5' loaf
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups (roughly one small package) fresh cranberries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup of softened butter (easy way to do this is set on top of pre-heating oven)
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup of orange juice
1 1/2 tablespoons of orange zest
Procedures
1. Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit. Grease 9' x 5' loaf pan.
2. Whisk together both flours, baking soda, salt.
3. Add orange zest to this mixture and whisk. Then set aside.
4. In a larger bowl beat together on low speed the softened butter and sugar. Add egg and beat until smooth. *Tip: Whisk egg by itself first, makes for a more even consistency*
5. Stir in Orange juice.
6. Gradually add the flour mixture while continually beating.
7. Add the cranberries and walnuts (easiest to add at this stage because any earlier and the beater will launch them across the kitchen-trust me) and mix well either with wooden spoon or hands.
8. Pour bread mixture into greased loaf pan and bake for approximately 1 hr. Check bread at 50 minutes by looking to see if top is browned, bread springs back after lightly being touched, and by inserting and removing a tooth pick. If there is no residue on tooth pick then bread is done.
9. Let cool for 5-10 minutes.
10. Transfer to cooling rack and enjoy!!
*Goes well with a Raspberry beer or milk :-) *
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 1 hr
Ready In: 1 hr 15 min
Servings
1 regular 9' x 5' loaf
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups (roughly one small package) fresh cranberries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup of softened butter (easy way to do this is set on top of pre-heating oven)
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup of orange juice
1 1/2 tablespoons of orange zest
Procedures
1. Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit. Grease 9' x 5' loaf pan.
2. Whisk together both flours, baking soda, salt.
3. Add orange zest to this mixture and whisk. Then set aside.
4. In a larger bowl beat together on low speed the softened butter and sugar. Add egg and beat until smooth. *Tip: Whisk egg by itself first, makes for a more even consistency*
5. Stir in Orange juice.
6. Gradually add the flour mixture while continually beating.
7. Add the cranberries and walnuts (easiest to add at this stage because any earlier and the beater will launch them across the kitchen-trust me) and mix well either with wooden spoon or hands.
8. Pour bread mixture into greased loaf pan and bake for approximately 1 hr. Check bread at 50 minutes by looking to see if top is browned, bread springs back after lightly being touched, and by inserting and removing a tooth pick. If there is no residue on tooth pick then bread is done.
9. Let cool for 5-10 minutes.
10. Transfer to cooling rack and enjoy!!
*Goes well with a Raspberry beer or milk :-) *
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