Apple Crisp

From September 23, 2008.   The John Brown apples (probably Jonathons) work excellently for this. I also usually put a little bit of lemon juice into the pan with the apples. Just a couple of tablespoons, so that it will coat the apples and keep them from turning brown before they get cooked. It's not really necessary, though. 

Yes, all of these cobblers are variations on the same thing.
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preheat oven: 400F

8x8 stainless baking pan, greased with butter wrapper.
1 stick butter, melted.
1t vanilla extract, add to butter when it is mostly melted

Mix these up together:
1/2 cup AP flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup quick oats
25 grinds of a nutmeg nut on my box grater (1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Add 1 large chicken egg to the dry stuff after it's been mixed, and combine all that and let it sit while you peel and chop enough apples to mostly fill the pan. Once you get that done, dump the crusty stuff in to the pan, and the pour the butter over the top of it all. Bake for 45 minutes, or until it's crispy and bubbling in the center.

An Apple Cobbler

 I love a good cobbler.   The crunchy, sweet topping contrasting with the soft, sour fruit underneath...   Especially when it's warm and covered in some ice cream.   I made this one for a party, and it wound up disappearing in about 15 minutes.   I can't remember if I got a piece of it or not.
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1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 cups oatmeal
~1 1/4 cups dark brown sugar
1 stick and 3 tablespoons of margarine (or butter)
a dash of nutmeg
a few dashes of cinnamon
~1 tablespoon lime juice
enough peeled and sliced apples to fill a 16x9 baking dish

peeled and cut the apples and stirred them around in the lime juice, so they wouldn't turn brown (this turned out to be unnecessary, but i'm sure it had some effect on the flavor). mixed up the dry ingredients while i melted the butter, and dumped them on top. poured the melted butter on top of it all, and tossed it in the oven at 350 for an hour.

the apples were winesap apples from my parents' orchard.... nice and sour.