Apple Crisp

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 apples, peeled and cored and thinly sliced (ideally a mix of varieties, like granny smith, pink lady, and mcintosh)
• 1 lemon, zest of
• lemon juice (from 1/2 fresh lemon)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 1/3 cups pecans, lightly toasted (2/3 cup ground in a food processor until almost as fine as flour and 2/3 cup roughly chopped)
• 12 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
• vanilla ice cream, for serving

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 to make filling: combine apples, lemon zest, lemon juice, sugar and flour in a large bowl.
• 3 to make topping: in another bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nuts.
• 4 add butter pieces and quickly work them into the mix using your fingertips, until they are evenly distributed and about the size of peas.
• 5 butter and flour a 9x12 inch baking pan; spoon in apple mixture.
• 6 spread topping over apples, patting down with your hands making sure fruit is covered.
• 7 bake until top is golden brown, 40 to 50 minutes.
• 8 serve immediately with vanilla ice cream on top.