Sweet Oat Walnut Crisps Recipes

OATMEAL CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees; line two baking sheets with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, mix butter, sugar, flour, vanilla extract, and salt until smooth; mix in rolled oats.
• Drop firmly packed teaspoons of dough, 2 inches apart, onto baking sheets. Bake until golden,rotating sheets halfway through, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool on sheet 1 minute; with a very thin metal spatula, transfer to paper towels to cool completely.

OAT-TOPPED SWEET POTATO CRISP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat cream cheese, potatoes, cinnamon and 1/4 cup sugar with mixer until blended.
• Spoon into 1-1/2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; top with fruit.
• Combine flour, oats and remaining sugar in medium bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts. Sprinkle over fruit.
• Bake 35 to 40 min. or until heated through.

APRICOT-WALNUT CRISP

Steps:

• For topping:
• Mix flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in medium bowl. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until mixture comes together in moist clumps. Stir in walnuts.
• Do ahead: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
• For filling:
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Mix sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt in large bowl. Add apricots and toss to coat. Transfer apricot mixture to 11x7x2-inch glass baking dish. Sprinkle topping over.
• Bake crisp until filling is bubbling around edges and topping is crisp and golden, about 1 hour. Cool at least 20 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream.

SWEET OAT-WALNUT CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, toss together oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, walnuts, and flaxseeds. Add butter; work in with your fingers or a pastry blender until small pea-size clumps form. Stir in sour cream just until combined.
• Roll dough between two sheets of parchment into a 12 1/2-by-12-inch rectangle, 1/8-inch thick. Using a sharp knife or a pizza wheel, cut into 4-by-1 1/2-inch rectangles. Transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets, about 1/2 inch apart; freeze 10 minutes.
• Bake, rotating sheets halfway through, until crisp and golden along edges, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks; let cool completely. Serve with cheese. Crisps can be storedin an airtight container at room temperature up to 5 days.

PEACH CRISP WITH OATMEAL-WALNUT TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine peaches, tapioca, almond extract, and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a bowl. Set mixture aside until tapioca pearls have softened, about 15 minutes. Whisk remaining 1/4 cup of brown sugar and flour in a separate bowl.
• Process rolled oats with walnuts in a food processor, pulsing a few times to grind to coarse crumbs; stir walnuts and oats into flour mixture. Drizzle topping mixture with melted butter and stir with a fork to create large crumbs of topping. Pour peaches and their juice into an 8x8-inch baking dish; spread crumb topping atop peaches in an even layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven until topping is golden brown and the peaches are bubbling, 35 to 40 minutes. Serve slightly warm.