Crunchy Apple Crisp

In honor of National Dessert Day and in honor of the great fall season, I am posting one of my favorite fall desserts!  I feel like fall is the start of dessert season.  Through out the spring and summer, I am not much of a dessert fan (ok maybe ice cream), but come fall and winter, bring on the sweets!  I have been making this apple crisp recipe for several years now, and I have tried a few others, but still come back to this one as being my favorite.  Even my husband, who dislikes cooked fruit in any form, loves this apple crisp and I hope you will too!

Crunchy Apple Crisp
Original recipe by Author Unknown
Adapted by Rins Recipes

Ingredients

1 cup flour
3/4 cup rolled oats
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
4 cups apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup sugar
2 tbls cornstarch
1 cup water
1 tsp vanilla

Directions

In a medium sized bowl combine the flour, rolled oats, and brown sugar.  Cut in the butter into this mixture until it becomes crumbly.  Press half of this mixture into a 2 1/2 qt baking dish and then cover with the apples.  Sprinkle the cinnamon evenly over the top of the apples.

In a small sauce pan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, water and vanilla.  Cook over medium heat and stir consistently until sugar syrup is thick and clear.  Pour evenly over the top of the apples.  Sprinkle the rest of the remaining mixture from above on the apples.  Place in the oven at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes, until topping is a nice golden brown.

Serve by itself or with your favorite ice cream! Enjoy!