My Mama's Apple Crisp

This Fall recipe is beyond good AND so easy! I look forward to it all year long and I am so thankful that my sweet husband loves it as much as I do because I get to make it a LOT in these last few weeks before CHRISTmas season comes!

Mama's Apple Crisp

Filling:
7-8 large Granny Smith apples (or Jonathan's)
Cinnamon...lots!

Crust:
2 cups AP flour
2 cups sugar
2 sticks of butter

Peel, core, and slice apples into 1/4 inch slices. Place them in a 9x13 pan and generously cover them with cinnamon; shaking or mixing them to cover thoroughly. Smooth out the apples in the pan so they are even.

In a bowl, combine the sugar, flour and butter. Use a pastry blender (or knife and fork) to blend the mixture until crumbly.

Pour the flour mixture over the top of the pan and cover the apples completely. Gently pat the crust down.

Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes and then reduce the heat to 350 degrees for 45 minutes. The crisp is done when it's golden brown but not too dark.



Wash your few dishes and enjoy the smell of warm apples throughout your house! Heavenly!

Cool as much as you can stand before inhaling enjoying! Also, excellent with a scoop (or two) of vanilla ice cream!



And, here's a picture of my official taste-tester of "everything yummy"...



And, when he was tired of trying to pose for the perfect picture that didn't show my dirty dishes, the mounds of laundry waiting to be folded, the stacks of blocks my children still haven't put away and couldn't make the most wonderous, enraptured expression that would fully encompass the magnificent taste of THE apple crisp, he does this...



[Oh yes, ladies, he's taken!]

Ciao,
J