Recipe of the Month- Almond Orchard Apple Crisp

That nip in the morning (and afternoon, and evening) air can only mean only thing:  fall is coming! Luckily fall brings some of our favorite things: foliage, pumpkins and squash, cozy sweaters, and most importantly, apples. The trees around the Center are loaded with them, so it’s the perfect opportunity to make a classic dessert dish, apple crisp. This version gets a slight twist with almonds in the crisp layer, but retains all the crunchy sweet goodness of the original.

Oven 375°
Yield- 9”x13”

3 lbs. sliced apples (with our without skin)
½ cup flour
1 ½ cup sugar
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
1 lemon (juice)
1 ½ tsp. cinnamon

Almond Topping
1 ½ cup rolled oats
2 ¼ cup flour
2 ¼ cup brown sugar
1 ½ cup chopped almonds
1 Tbsp. cinnamon
1 ½ tsp. nutmeg
1 lb. butter + 2 Tbsp

Butter hotel pan. In pan, mix drained apples, flour, and cinnamon. Toss to coat. Then add sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice. Toss to coat.

Mix topping in a large bowl and mix together flour, brown sugar, oats, almonds, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Melt butter, pour over top and mix well until mixture becomes coarse crumbs.

Put mixture on top of apples, gently press topping down. Bake at 375° for 45 minutes -1 hour.