Mom’s Best Apple Crisp Recipe

Mom’s best apple crisp recipe has carried me through many a cold Winter’s night. When you realize you just have to have a sweet, warm dessert that still has some semblance of healthiness to it, this apple crisp recipe will come to your rescue.

Though not a pie, specifically, for some reason, I think of it as more of a pie-like dessert than most cobblers. Don’t ask me why. It makes no sense. For some reason, I keep it there among all my other apple pie recipes.

Prep: 15 minutes
Bake: 45 minutes

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 T cold water
• 6 to 8 medium apples cored, peeled, and sliced
• 1 cup brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix the flour and salt together in a bowl. Cut the butter into the flour mixture with a knife or fork, or mix at low speed in standing blender, until crumbly. Add water and mix until just moistened.
3. Prepare the apples, then toss in a bowl with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves or allspice until all pieces are well-coated.
4. Pour apple mixture into baking dish. Sprinkle flour and butter mixture over the apples.
5. Place in oven on middle rack and bake for 45 minutes, or until flour and butter mixture is bubbling and turned a deep golden brown.
6. Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes before serving, either with or without ice cream or whipped cream.

Yields 8 servings