Autumn has only been here a few days, per the calendar, but I have been in fall-mode for about a month now. When the kids go back to school, summer is over for me. That is my (un)official start of fall—and they have been back in school since mid-August.
With my early welcoming of autumn, I planted mums a few weeks ago and really felt like I was rushing the season change… until I was in Kohl’s a few weeks ago and saw a few Christmas displays out already, then they started popping up at Target and Walmart too… I decided I may actually be a bit late in starting my celebration of fall… As much as I love, Love, LOVE Christmas, I am not willing to by-pass autumn and all the great things that go along with it.
Fall is quite possibly my favorite season of the year. I enjoy the apple picking, crisp mornings, roasting marshmallows over the fire pit, the beautiful fall canvas of changing colors, hayrides, watching the kids select the perfect pumpkins for Halloween…
The apple picking this fall was just a little bit extra special to me because the apples were from our own tree! Yes, the two little trees that we planted nearly 10 years ago are finally giving us some good apples. Well, one tree did. We bought two trees because one is the cross-pollinator for the other, so I am pretty sure that we would need another tree to cross-pollinate, but I honestly don’t even remember what variety of apple trees we bought. I am no expert in this area. I have no idea how long it should take for apple trees to bear fruit, but ours finally did, and I am excited!
The natural thing to do when you pick a bunch of apples off the trees that you have been growing for years is to make an apple crisp…so I did. Plus, I figured it would make my hubby happy.
Ingredients
- 5-6 apples, peeled and diced
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp flour
- 1 Tsp cinnamon
- 1 c. flour
- 1 c. oatmeal
- 1 c. brown sugar
- ¾ stick softened butter
Instructions
- Filling: Mix the dry ingredients together and toss the diced apples in the flour/cinnamon/sugar mixture.
- Spread out in the bottom of your prepared 13×9 pan (spray the bottom of the pan with a bit of non-stick spray)
- Crumb Topping: In the same bowl, combine flour, oatmeal, sugar, and butter. I find it best to just go ahead and get my hands in and mix it together and then crumble on top of the apples. While you may be tempted, like I am, to eat this crumb topping mixture raw, I assure you that it is even more delicious when it has baked on top of the apples!
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.
This apple crisp is delicious when served warm (with ice cream!) or at room temperature.
You probably figured out that this literally cost me nothing to make. The apples were free since I grew them myself and only had the cost of the other ingredients, which I already had in my cabinet. Even if you buy the apples, this is an inexpensive, delightful dessert that really captures the deliciousness of the season.
ENJOY!
Cinnamon and Apples…the perfect combination and it never fails to get me in the mood for winter time 😉 Thanks for the recipe!
This looks delicious and I love how easy it is!!!
How fun! I would love an apple tree, but my.. almost 10 years for some good apples!? I rather go to the store! waaa.
This recipe looks so yummy and easy! I’m definitely pinning! Thanks!
It probably doesn’t take 10 years if you know what you are doing… LOL! I have no idea, but I was pretty excited that we finally had some good apples this year!!
This looks delicious. I am visiting family in North Carolina and they have a refrigerator full of apples, now we have something other than apple sauce to make. Cinnamon and Apples are the best winter combos.
Always looking for apple recipes and who doesn’t like a good apple crisp?