SF Apple Crisp

Hey all! I made this tonight. It is pretty good.. I can taste a bit of after bite with it using the brown sugar twin but I am easy to please b/c I don't eat real sugar. My husband said it was "pretty good" which is passing in my book, I am not gonna use real sugar so its all he gets and he knows it haha. Here is the recipe! I really enjoyed it. Apple Crunch Apple layer: ? Apples - 1 quart of peeled, cored, sliced apples. That requires about 8 medium or 5 large apples of fresh, sweet varieties: Best is Honeycrunch. After that: Gala, Fuji, Jonagold, Red Delicious, Jonathon. If you can't get any of these, then try McIntosh, Winesap, Rome, etc. ? 3/4 cup of Splenda (for a lower sugar recipe) ? 1 tablespoon of flour (all-purpose white or wheat - but not self-rising) ? 1 teaspoon of cinnamon ? 2 tablespoons lemon juice Topping: ? 3/4 cup oatmeal (like Quaker Oats oatmeal - regular or quick cooking, but uncooked - NOT instant or packets of oatmeal mixes; just plain rolled oats) ? 3/4 cup brown sugar substitute (by sugar twin) ? 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine (I use the I can't believe it's not butter reduced fat) ? 1/4 teaspoon baking soda ? Optional: 1/2 cup chopped pecans, walnuts or hazelnuts ________________________________________ Directions: Step 1- Wash the apples Just wash them in cold water, no soap. We're going to remove the skins anyway, so don't spend too much time on it. You can remove any stickers that the grocery store put on the apples, though. Peelers often get suck on those. Step 2 - Peel the apples The fastest way to peel the apples is one of these peelers! With firm apples, it takes about 20 seconds per apple. These apple peelers don't work well on soft, mushy apples or apples with soft spots on them. In that case your stuck with a hand peeler! Once they're peeled, remove any remaining brown spots (see the photo at left - before removing the blemishes.) Step 3 - Core and slice the apples You can use a knife, but the $5 corer/slicer you see in the photo is available at any kitchen store (Bed, Bath and beyond, Wal-Mart, etc.), and is the fastest, easiest way. But any slices that are between 1/4 inch and 1/2 inch thick will do. Remove seeds, stems, any hard parts near the seeds and and brown or soft spots. Prepare a lightly greased baking dish (about 9 inch square, 2 inches deep) (any shape will do!). You can use vegetable cooking spray instead of vegetable shortening, if you prefer. Step 4 - Mix the apple layer Mix the 1 quart of apple slices with 3/4 cup sugar or Splenda, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of flour and 1 teaspoon of ground Cinnamon. and pour it into the greased baking pan. Step 5 - Mix the topping's dry ingredients Mix the 3/4 cup of oats, 3/4 cup of brown sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in a mixing bowl. Step 6 - Pour the dry ingredients over apples. Sprinkle the dry mixture evenly over the apple slices in the baking dish. Step 7 - Bake Bake at 375 F for about 45 minutes, or until a fork or toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Step 8 - Done Let it cool till you won't burn your mouth! Serve warm. Makes 8 servings. Top with SF whipping cream or vanilla yogurt if you wish.

Melissa, this sounds delicious. Thank you for sharing the recipe...I'll be trying it soon. I used to make an apple/cranberry cobbler type dish every fall and have been looking for a replacement. This sounds very close! Do you think it has enough sweetness to it that I could substitute out some of the apples for cranberries? I just *today* found the Sugar Twin brown sugar substitute locally. Yeah! Thank you, thank you! Molly

Hey Molly, I bet you could just add your cranberries right in there if you wanted.. it would be awesome for Christmas having that bit of red in there. It came out to be like 135 cals for an 8th of a pan.. i didn't eat that much. Like 25 carbs, 4 fats and 1 protein lol.

OH LORD! Now you have hit the nail on the head...before surgery this was a huge weakness of mine.........

Melissa, thank you again for sharing this fall treat! I made it for my mom and dad today and they loved it. I did notice the aftertaste of the Sugar Twin and may try it with the Splenda brown sugar blend next time...maybe not. Like you, I don't want to add too much regular sugar back into my life lest I develop a taste for it if it doesn't make me sick (and I'm sure it wouldn't). So far sugars are ok for me as long as I can watch how many grams they are and keep it below 10 per serving. I used whole wheat flour too and nobody noticed it. One tip...leave out the nuts! I added the optional pecans and it made it 222 calories per serving. Ouch on the budget! Completely forgot to put in the cranberries. Gives me a good excuse to make this again this fall. Woohoo! Molly

Hey Molly! Glad you were approving of it. I do taste that aftertaste but again to me its worth it not to have the sugar. I put some dannon fit and light vanilla yogurt and it cut the bite a bit.. and I didn't add the nuts.. nuts are just so caloric, you are right! Hope you have a great week, I have a busy one ahead of me I know! Hugs, Melissa