Old Fashioned Apple Crisp

Ingredients

• Topping:
• ¾ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• ½ cup Fisher® Chef’s Naturals Walnut Halves and Pieces
• Filling:
• 5 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• Vanilla ice cream (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly spray 8 x 8-inch baking pan with vegetable oil spray; set aside.
2. For topping, in a medium bowl combine sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in walnuts; set aside.
3. For filling, in a large bowl combine apple slices, water and lemon juice; toss to coat. Turn apple mixture into prepared pan.
4. Sprinkle topping evenly over apple mixture.
5. Bake 35-40 minutes until apples are tender and topping is golden brown.
6. Remove from oven to cooling rack. Cool 5-8 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, if desired.