Preheat oven to 350
(See below for directions on how to can the apples for later use)
FILLING:
8 cups apples, tart/sweet (may take 8-10 apples)
2 cups sugar, white
2 tsp cinnamon
TOPPING:
1 cup oats
3/4 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp nutmbeg
1/2 cup packed, dark brown sugar
1 stick butter, chopped into 10 pieces
DIRECTIONS:
Peel, core, and slice apples into 1" thick (or thicker ) slices. Or use an apple corer.
Combine apples, sugar, and cinnamon in a saucepan, and cook stirring with a rubber spatula over medium heat until the apples are just tender. It IMPORTANT that you don't overcook the apples. They are going to bake another 30 minutes after you put the topping on and you don't want them to get musy!
Pour the apple mixture in a prepared 8 X 8 baking dish and set aside while you are making the topping.
Combine all the topping ingredients in a bowl except the butter.
Cut the butter into the rest of the topping ingredients.
Sprinkle the topping mixture over the apple mixture
Bake for 30 minutes.
Good with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
CANNING APPLES FOR LATER USE:
If you want to process a large amount of apples, you can prepare the apples as above. This recipe fits in a quart jar.
Prepare your jars and lids for canning (following canning directions from other source).
When the apple mixture has been cooked to the right apple tenderness - again CAREFULLY not to make them to mushy -pour the apples & liquid into the jar.
Carefully slide a rubber spatula into the jar with the apple mixture in it, moving it gently to remove air bubbles.
Be careful to fill the jar to the right level, again using canning directions from another source.
Following your canning directions, put the lid on the jar and process as directed.
IDEA: Becky, who gave me this recipe, canned the apples. She gave them as gifts together with another small pint jar full of the topping mix WITHOUT THE BUTTER. She put the directions on top of the jar for cutting the butter into to the topping, and how to bake the crisp, printed fancy labels for the jars, covered the tops of both jars with rounds of matching printed cotton fabric held in place with a ribbon, and gave them as gifts! Really nice idea AND the end product is really a GOOD apple crisp.
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