Last week we got the call from a friend, inviting us to come along to their grandma’s house to help pick the latest crop of apples. We piled in the car and hauled over there in a hot second.
The boys loved getting to run around the yard full of apple trees and grape vines, picking apples for pies and apple butter, and sampling nature’s bounty. I had forgotten how good it feels to pick ripe fruit directly off the trees and taste the goodness that our Lord has created for us on this earth.
The next evening, I made apple crisp. I had lost the recipe (gasp!) but after much searching, found it again. It is quite yummy. The recipe is not my granny’s, but it is someone’s granny’s. 🙂
Granny’s Apple Crisp
4 cups of apples, peeled and sliced. (I have no clue what variety these were. Smallish and pink-y red. Somewhat tart. Galas work well if you aren’t lucky enough to be invited to a friend’s grandma’s.)
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup oats (I used quick cook this time, but I prefer whole, they give the crisp a bit more texture)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 stick butter
Lay apples in a 8×8 pan. Pour water over apples.
Mix dry ingredients in bowl.
Cut in butter until crumbly. It doesn’t have to be perfect.
Pour flour/butter mixture over apples.
Bake about 40 minutes or until apples are done.
(Time varies based on type of apple, McIntoshes cooked up in 25 minutes for me, Granny Smiths took nearly an hour to get soft enough.)
And for those of you here for Tasty Tuesdays, I don’t have a picture of the food. We ate it too fast!
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Great photo – and I'll have to try the apple crisp recipe too!
Yum!! What a cute photo!
Uh-oh….he is ready from some pickings!! Thank you for sharing the recipe…I must try now during the holidays.
Sweet shots! That recipe looks divine too!!
Love the photos and that recipe sounds tasty.
Cute photos! I love apple crisp, will have to try your version.