Getting Ready for Thanksgiving - Apple Crisp

Canadian Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away. We are going to do a few blog posts focusing on getting ready for Thanksgiving. One week we’ll have a recipe, another week a craft, and then a decoration.

Up first is a recipe. I have made a yummy apple crisp recipe recently and have paired it up with some of my homemade vanilla ice cream, so yummy! It smells so good when it is cooking, perfect for Autumn. I also have found some delicious sounding Thanksgiving recipes on Allrecipes.com

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/198/holidays-and-events/thanksgiving/?page=2 

Apple Crisp

Ingredients

For the filling:

6-8 large apples  
The zest of 1 orange and 1 apple

1 freshly squeezed lemon and half of a freshly squeezed orange
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 tsp. ground cinnamon

For the topping:
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup of butter/margarine  

How to:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Butter a 9 by 14 by 2-inch baking dish. I use a Corningware oval dish but you can use a rectangular dish also.

Peel, core, and cut the apples into large wedges. Mix all of the apples with the zests, juices, sugar, and cinnamon. Place into the dish and spread evenly.

To make the topping, combine the flour, sugars, salt, oatmeal, and cubed cold butter in a bowl. I like to mix it all up with my hands. Mix it until it is crumbly so there are small chunks of butter remaining. Scatter evenly over the apples.

Bake for 1 hour until the top is brown and the apples are bubbly. You definitely need to serve this warm. Top it with vanilla ice cream, or have it plain, or put some other yummy topping on it. I have tried vanilla Greek yogurt and it is quite good.