Apple-Apricot-Cranberry Crumble

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"Here's a tasty crumble recipe I got from one of my treasured cookbooks, a book I got from my Cookbook Swap partner just this month!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 3⁄4 cups apple cider
• 1⁄4 cup dried apricot, finely chopped
• 1⁄4 cup dried sweetened cranberries
• 1⁄2 cup Grape-nuts cereal (or something similar)
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed, divided
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 medium apples, peeled, cored & cut into 8 wedges each

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, & butter a 11"x7" baking dish.
2. In a saucepan, bring cider to boil, then remove from heat & stir in apricots & cranberries. Let stand 20 minutes, then drain, but reserve the cider.
3. In a bowl, mix apricots, cranberries, cereal, 1/4 cup of the brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of the flour & 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon.
4. In another (large) bowl, mix 1/4 cup of the brown sugar, remaining 4 tablespoons flour & 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. To this this, add reserved cider, honey & vanilla, stirring to mix.
5. To this large bowl, add apples & toss to coat.
6. Pour the apple mixture into the prepared baking dish.
7. Top evenly with apricot/cranberry/cereal mixture, then bake about 55 minutes.
8. Remove from oven, cool slightly, & serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers.

Reviews

[KateL]

4 Stars, very tasty, but more liquid than I expected, would plan to serve it next time on top of vanilla ice cream, custard, or cream as suggested by Wikipedia, or atop pound cake, waffles,or a bowl of Cheerios cereal, or how about a sweet pizza crust topped with shredded cheese, then topped with this dessert topping? Syd says 1 teaspoon of vanilla is needed; he will correct recipe. Made for Newest Zaar Tag.