Tuesday, May 31, 2011

old-fashioned apple crisp

okay so lauren and i tried this barefoot contessa recipe, instead of the apple crisp recipe we usually use, for dinner with the iversons last night. the steps were fairly simple, the only really tedious task was peeling and slicing the 5lbs of apples!

recipe
5lbs mcintosh/ macoun apples
l lemon grated zest
1 orange grated zest
2tbs. squeezed orange juice
2tbs. squeezed lemon juice
1/2c sugar
2tsp. ground cinnamon
1tsp. ground nutmeg

for the topping
11/2c flour
1/4c sugar
3/4c light brown sugar
1/2tsp. kosher salt
1c oatmeal
1/2lbs cold unsalted butter, diced

preheat oven to 350 degrees. butter 9x14x2'' oval baking dish. peel, core and cut the apples into large wedges. combine the apples with the first part of ingredients. pour into the dish. to make the topping, combine the flour, sugars, salt, oatmeal and cold butter in the bowl of an electric mixer with a paddle attachment. mix on low speed. scatter evenly over the apples. bake for one hour. serve warm.


this recipe comes from barefoot contessa's parties cookbook. everyone loved it, but i thought the orange flavor was a little too strong. so if i made this again, i would put in less orange zest/ juice. also good to note is that it takes the full hour to bake!


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