Californian Apple Crunch Recipes

APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• For the apples: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish with butter.
• Arrange the apple slices in the prepared baking dish in an even layer. In a bowl, mix together the granulated sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Sprinkle the mixture over the apples, then pour 1/2 cup water over top.
• For the topping: In a separate bowl, mix the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and a pinch of salt. Stir while drizzling in the melted butter. Sprinkle the topping in an even layer over the apples.
• Bake until the topping is slightly crisp and golden brown, about 43 minutes. Serve warm or at room temperature on its own, with ice cream or with frozen custard.

PRAIRIE APPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Place apples in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Combine brown sugar, flour and butter; sprinkle over apple mixture. , Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve warm or at room temperature with cream if desired.

MOM'S APPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine the first 5 ingredients.
• Mix well and place in a greased 9x13 baking dish.
• Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder and melted butter.
• Crumble together well, and sprinkle over the apple mixture.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

APPLE CRUNCH A LA MODE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Scatter sliced apples in the prepared baking dish. Whisk together the white sugar, cold water, cornstarch, and vanilla extract in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until syrup is clear, and all sugar had dissolved, about 5 minutes. Pour hot syrup over the fruit.
• Stir together the flour, brown sugar, oats, melted butter, walnuts, and cinnamon until crumbly. Scatter crumble over fruit mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven until the top is brown and the crunch is bubbly, about 1 hour.

APPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚F.
• Lightly butter a 9-inch square baking dish. Place the apple slices in the baking dish.
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Pulse a couple of times to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the apples.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the apples are tender. Serve warm, with ice cream, if you like.

CARAMEL APPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Place the apples in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. In a heavy saucepan, melt 25 caramels with 2 tablespoons milk, stirring often; drizzle over apples. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, walnuts, salt and cinnamon; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over apples. , Bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a heavy saucepan, melt remaining caramels with remaining milk, stirring often until smooth. Drizzle over dessert and ice cream if desired.

CALIFORNIAN APPLE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Place pie apple in a shallow casserole dish.
• Sprinkle evenly with dry cake mix.
• Layer sliced butter over cake mix.
• Cover completely.
• Combine last 4 ingredients and sprinkle over sliced butter.
• Cook for 7 minutes on HIGH.
• Serve warm with whipped cream.