Warm Apple Crisp

**Check out my guest post on Jane’s blog this morning! I wrote it in regards to my struggle with body image**

I took advantage of my first non-lunchbox lunch in smoothie form. To ease this mini-sickness that is residing in my throat, I created one of my favorite antioxidant-packed Green Monsters (If you don’t know what a green monster is, ask Angela)

Berry Berry Green Monster

    1 cup almond milk
    2 handfuls of spinach
    1/2 cup blueberries
    1/2 tsp vanilla extract
    Ice
    Pinch of Xanthan Gum (a little goes a long way with this stuff
    Topped with chia seeds and kamut puffs

I did some Bodyrock, a little bit of stretching,and proceeded to blog from my yoga mat

(HEY JAYME!)

& now, it’s recipe time!

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If you asked my mother to resort to eating one dessert for the rest of her life, rest assured that this would be it. No brownies. No cookies. No double-fudge chocolate Sundaes (go figure..) No sweet treat would ever stand in the way of her love for a home-baked warm apple crisp with vanilla ice cream.

For dinner on Saturday night, I decided to play favorite child again and make all of her wildest of dreams come true.

 Warm Apple Crisp

Prep Time: 1 Hour

Servings: One 9 x 13″ pan

Adapted from: Betty Crocker Cookbook

Ingredients:

    8 cups of Granny Smith apple slices (about 4 apples)
    1 cup flour
    1 cup brown sugar
    1 cup oats
    2/3 cups of unsalted butter, softened
    1-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
    1-1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
    Vanilla Ice Cream

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Spread sliced apples out on the bottom of a greased 9 x 13″ baking pan.

2. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, oats, butter, cinnamon and nutmeg.

3. Sprinkle mixture over apples. Bake in oven for 35-45 minutes or until apples are tender.

4. Allow to cool for 5 minutes so crust becomes crispy then serve topped with vanilla ice cream or whipped topping.

Yes.

Tagged as: Apple, Apple Crisp, Dessert, Recipes