Most Excellent Apple Crisp

Now that the weather has turned cooler, you can once again cover up and think about eating deserts again. This is a dessert that you can have no guilt eating. It has apples and oats (the butter merely carries the flavor) - what isn't healthy about those ingredients? And it's so simple that it almost makings itself (especially if you get your other guests to help.)

Ingredients:

* 8 - 10 apples (I don't know what type of apples - what type of apples do you like?)
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* 1 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 3 cup rolled oats (The old fashion kind not the instant)
* 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
* Pinch of salt
* Pint of very good vanilla ice cream (or heavy cream for those of you on a diet)


Tools

* sharp utility knife
* cutting board
* 9 x 13 Baking Dish
* 2 cup Pyrex measuring cup
* 1 large wooden spoon or tong
* 1 large mixing bowl
* 1 bottle of wine (what ever you are going to drink with dinner)


Directions:

Pre-heat the oven to 350° F. Or if you are making dinner, make sure you are cooking something that has to roast at 350° F.

Butter a 9-inch baking dish (this is a perfect job to assign to someone else in your home, preferably someone who claims that they can't cook.)

Peel, core and chop the apples (again this is a perfect job to assign to someone else in your home. Remind the ungrateful louts that they are happy enough to eat the food that you are making for them.) Toss the apples with lemon juice and spread the apple mixture in bottom of baking dish. Set aside. Open the bottle of wine that you plan on having with dinner.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, salt and oats. Actually, you can add them in any order that you like as all as you mix them well. Cut your stick of butter in pieces, put them in the Pyrex measuring cup and melt the butter in a microwave. Pour the melted butter into the dry ingredients and mix well. Set aside. Sample your wine to see if it's going to be a good match with your dinner. Ask (yell) the other people in your house to set the table for dinner.

Take another sip.

Spread the buttered oat mixture on top of the apple mixture. Put into the oven (once you took your dinner out of the oven.) Bake at 350°F for 30 to 45 minutes. Sit down for dinner and continue to drink you wine.

Bake until apples are tender and topping is lightly browned.

Serve warm or at room temperature, with vanilla ice cream or a little heavy cream, if desired.