Tuesdays with Dorie: Cran-Apple Crisp

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This month for TWD and Thanksgiving, we get to choose which recipe to bake and post at our convenience. It just so happens that the two I am baking, follow the list, so I won't be posting out of order. Hopefully Dorie's pumpkin tart will be picked in December, I was a little sad it wasn't this month's pick.

Em of The Repressed Pastry Chef choose Cran-Apple Crisps for this week. Even though I recently made an apple crisp not long ago, I just HAD to try Dorie's! This is another easy peasy recipe to put together. I used fresh cranberries (and froze what I didn't use) and 5 Gala apples (those were a great sale price). I was skeptical to add the coconut to the crumb topping, until I realized you grind it up in the processor, so I went for it. I also snuck in a few shakes of cinnamon to the apples and cranberries.

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A couple of weekends ago, we took a long overdue trip to one of our local Swap Meets (like a huge garage sale and then some), and I scored big time with a (probably) new Pampered Chef stoneware deep-dish pie dish! For just $3!!! I was so excited to get to use it for this! I read online about how to care for it before using it because one time I found another PC stoneware lasagna pan from the Thrift store, that broke in the oven while I used it! My friend, a PC consultant said maybe there was an air bubble in it that caused it to exploded.

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Anyways, the crumb topping came along beautifully, and it baked for the time said. I got to sneak some for the photos before my light went away (I am not liking this time change!). Mmm, this is delicious! The cranberries were great in this, not tart like you'd think they'd be, the sweetness from the sugar, apples and topping brings all the flavors together nicely.

Do make this! Em will have the recipe posted so head over to her blog to print it out!

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Here is the list for this month if you'd like to follow along.

November 3- Katya of Second Dinner: Chocolate Caramel Chestnut Cake

*November 10- Em of The Repressed Pastry Chef: Cran-Apple Crisps

*November 17- Pamela of Cookies with Boys: Sugar-Topped Molasses Spice Cookies

November 24- Britin of The Nitty Britty: All in One Holiday Bundt Cake

enjoy,

Apple Crisp

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I recently found a great blog also full of recipes and yummy food photos, Honey and Jam. When I saw she made this apple crisp, I just had to make some too! I much prefer a cobbler over a crisp but not that day. Lucky for me they had apples .47/lb so I got tons of Granny Smiths (for another craft coming up). I served it up warm with some whipped cream. Of course vanilla bean ice cream would've been better! =)

Apple Crisp -found here
bake in an 8×8 baking dish or double the recipe and bake in a 9×13 dish

Filling:

5 to 6 medium-size apples , peeled, cored and cut into 1/4-inch slices. (About 7.5 cups)

6 tbsp granulated sugar

2 1/2 tsp cinnamon

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Topping:

1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/3 cups lightly packed brown sugar

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 stick unsalted butter, well-softened

1/3 heaping cup quick oats

Preheat the oven to 350. Generously grease an 8×8 baking pan with butter.Place a layer of apple slices in the bottom of the pan and dust with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Continue layering apples and dusting with cinnamon/sugar until done. The apples should be just about to the top of the pan (they will cook down).

For the topping, place the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and oats in a large bowl and stir well with a wooden spoon. Work the butter into the mixture with your fingertips until evenly distributed. It will be sort of dough-like. Spread the topping evenly over the apples.

Bake the crisp in the dish on a baking sheet on the center oven rack until the topping is crunchy and the apples are bubbling, 55-60 minutes. Serve warm.

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enjoy,