Time for that Summer Picnic – Really

January 13, 2009 at 10:23 am 1 comment

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Apple Crisp

Country Apple Crisp

My friend, Rex, asked the other day about something we used to do, something that seems to have gotten away from us.  When the kids were younger and still at home we had a tradition of having a picnic in the January/February timeframe.  This served as a break from the windy and cold Chicago weather.  We would crank up the heat, put on shorts and loud summery shirts, play some beach songs and have a picnic.  It may seem strange but we actually got the teenagers to go along with this silliness; they would even bring their friends.
Today we rush around, complain about the weather and don’t have the same sense of fun; is there even beach music in today’s world?  Take time from all the hectic schedules, the seemingly constant demands on our time and fall back into a more relaxed time, if even just for a Sunday afternoon.
Hot dogs, hamburgers and a juicy Apple Crisp; pass the tanning lotion.

Country Apple Crisp

Recipe Summary
Complexity: Easy
Serves: 12
Category: Dessert
Meal: Dinners for New Parents ( leave behind food to feed the viewing public) (Share-a-Meal Plans)
3 cup flour
3 cup sugar, white
3 lb apples, peeled and sliced
1 Tb cinnamon. ground
0.5 cup walnuts, chopped
3 Tb raisins, golden
2 cup apple juice
8 Tb butter, salted

Spray bottom of 10 X 14 baking pan with PAM; mix 1/2 of the flour and 1/3 of the sugar together.
Sprinkle enough in pan to cover bottom about 1/2 “ thick. Peel apples and cut into slices, arrange evenly around pan.
Add nuts and raisins, sprinkle on cinnamon.
Mix remaining flour and 3/4 of the remaining sugar together, cover top with remaining flour/sugar mixture, add apple juice. Sprinkle top with remaining sugar. Cut butter into small pieces and dot top of crisp. Bake @ 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until the top is golden brown and crunchy.

This feeds a small army and is great for picnics.

Note: This recipe serves at least 12, if you scale the servings of this recipe you will have to use a smaller pan

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1 Comment Add your own

  • 1. Juan-Landscape Contractor.  |  February 6, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    Got lots of Apple tree in my backyard and sometimes I run out of recipe to do with it. Great thing you share this recipe. This is looking so delicious.

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