Stella Jayne Paper: Recipe for Apple Crisp

Stella Jayne Paper

There's nothing quite like fall, and nothing quite beats all the tasty treats and desserts that it brings. One of our favorites is apple crisp. We visited a local florist & gift shop this weekend looking for Halloween decorations, and happened across an apple cobbler boxed recipe from Plentiful Pantry (click on the link to order from their website).

But if you'd rather try it on your own, here's a quick recipe from the Food Network.

Ingredients

Butter, for dish
6 cups Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and diced
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch salt
Pinch ground nutmeg
1/2 lemon, juiced
Ginger Whipped Cream, recipe follows

Topping

2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup sugar
Pinch salt
Pinch ground ginger
1 egg, beaten

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Lightly butter a 9 by 9-inch baking dish.

In a large bowl, mix together the apples, sugars, flour, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, nutmeg and lemon. Add the mixture to the prepared baking dish.

Add all the topping ingredients to a medium bowl and combine well with a wooden spoon, to form a batter. Dollop the batter in various spots on top of the apple mixture. The batter will spread as it bakes. Put the cobbler in the oven and bake until the apples are tender and the crust is colored, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve with Ginger Whipped Cream.

Ginger Whipped Cream

1 cup whipping cream, chilled
1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup candy ginger, minced

Add the cream and sugar to a medium bowl. Using a hand-held electric mixer, beat the cream until stiff peaks form, about 2 to 3 minutes. Fold in the ginger.

Cover and chill up to 4 hours before serving.

We baked our apple crisp in pottery we found during a quick vacation down South to the Great Smokey Mountains in Pigeon Forge, TN. Hidden in the hills, is a small country square known as the Old Mill. There's a small shop called Pigeon River Pottery. Pottery is formed and fired on site, in-house potters have been working at the Old Mill location for 50 years. They do such beautiful work. If you ever get a chance to visit, Pigeon River Pottery is a must. There's also a great country restaurant and ice cream parlor nearby.

A quick tidbit when cooking with pottery - be sure and slide your stoneware into the oven as it's preheating to reduce its chances of cracking.