Heat Makes Your Best Foods Better
The hot weather doesn't deter me from cooking. I think good food is just as important when it's hot, as any other time, maybe even more. The heat seems to deplete more than water, nutrients, minerals, blah blah. Eating good stuff just seems to make me feel a whole lot better. Makes the family happy too.
So I'm on a bit of a cooking frenzy. Tonight we had hamburgers with lots of fresh tomatoes, home-grown lettuce and onions to pile on top. And some home-made bread to make things really special. For dessert: Hot apple crisp from the apple pie filling I canned last year. With real home-made whipped cream and extra vanilla.
Here's my recipe.
Apple Crisp
1 Quart Jar Apple Pie Filling
1 cup brown sugar, packed (I use white sugar and add a couple tsp of black strap mollasses.)
1/2 cup flour (white or wheat, whichever)
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
6 Tbs butter
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat apple pie filling slowly on low heat. You don't want too cook it into gush, just heat it up a bit. Butter a baking pan, I like to use a glass pyrex pan that is approx. 11 X 7, and set aside. If you like your apple crisp a little deeper use an 8 X 8.
In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together until well mixed. Then cut in the butter until the mix is crumbly.
Put your heated pie mix in the prepared pan and sprinkle the dry topping all over it. Bake for about 30 -35 minutes.
