Apple Crumble / Apple Crisp / Apple Cobbler

This month I celebrate my grandmothers birthday and I want to post a dessert recipe for her. I made this apple crisp for a dinner party. I like apple pie but pastry dough scares me. This is just as delicious but a lot more easier. Apple is baked with sugar and cinnamon and the streusel topping is a nice textural contrast to the soft baked apple. I used the apples I bought for eating, 2 red delicious and one pink lady, though Granny Smith are preferred for baking. I added the walnuts for crunch and oatmeal since I had some in the pantry. You can leave out both and just use flour and double the butter. The portion below serves 4 people.

Ingredients:

3 medium apples cored, peeled and sliced thin

2 1/2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
Juice of 1/2 lemon

Topping

1/3 cup flour

1/3 cup chopped walnuts

1/3 cup rolled oats (optional - just double the flour or walnuts)

1/2 cup brown sugar

Pinch of salt

2 tablespoons melted butter

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mix the sugar, lemon and cinnamon with the apples. Put the apples in a 7x5 baking dish or in individual ramekins. Combine the flour, walnuts, oats and sugar. Then add the butter and mix well. Then top with streusel and bake for 20-30 minutes or till the top is golden brown. Rest for 15 minutes before serving.

Eat it warm paired with some vanilla ice cream and it is heaven just by itself also.