Apple Crisp

Today, I wanted to do something with apples.  Billy had been complaining that the apples in the fridge weren't crunchy enough, so I figured I would just bake them up.  When I was looking for a recipe, I wasn't completely happy with any single recipe.  So, I tried doing a combination.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Filling:  10 apples, 1 cup of brown sugar, 2 teaspoons of butter, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, a dash of nutmeg, a dash of pumpkin spice, a dash of salt.

I started with 10 gala apples.  First I peeled them.

Then, I cored them, and cut them into thin slices.

I placed the apples in a 9 x 9 glass pyrex pan, and mixed in the sugar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and pumpkin spice.

Topping:

1 cup of all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon butter, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and a dash of salt.

Mix the dry ingredients together.  Then, mix in the egg and butter.  Mix until crumbly.  Then, spread on top of the apples.

Cook for 45 minutes.

The apple filling was good.  In fact, the filling alone can be served as a side dish for dinner.  This was the basis of the side dish I brought to my church's Thanksgiving feast last year.

In all honesty, the topping was a little dry.  It could be addressed by vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.  Or, on my second helping, I noticed the wonderful juices on the bottom of the pan.  I scooped that up and poured it over the topping.  That was better.  You could also add oats to the topping.