Jan
26
2010
Apple Crisp
Author: kevin
This one brings back fond memories of times at my Grandmother’s house down in San Luis Obispo.
Back in the day when I was a kid on summer vacation we would head south and leave San Francisco. It was a sleepy town back then and I can remember “heading down to the creek” to venture and find frogs and when the McDonalds sign claimed to have served 3 then 4 then 6 then 12 “million” people. After a day at Avila or Pismo Beach we would pick up some salt water taffy and maybe a trip over to CalPoly to see the pigs in their pens; it was big stuff for us city kids!
We would always come back to my Grandma’s house, a two story, completely modern house designed by my architect uncle and pick fresh lemons from her amazing back yard, squeeze them in a hand crank juicer and make lemonade. Then we would pick fresh apples and she would make apple crisp for dessert…. ah great memories!
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 8 apples – Granny Smith (for tart) or Golden Delicious (for sweeter)
- 1/3 cup of butter
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 400˚. Peel, core and slice the apples into bite size pieces. Place in a greased 13″ x 9″ baking pan.
In a mixing bowl beat the flour, sugar, egg, vanilla and baking soda until it becomes a crumbled mixture. Sprinkle this mixture over the apples. Melt the butter, drizzle over the top and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake for 40 minutes.
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