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Zucchini Crisp (Apple Crisp)
photo by jtrengels
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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10-12
ingredients
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Zucchini Mixture
- 8 cups peeled seeded diced zucchini (about the size of canned pineapple chunks)
- 2⁄3 cup lemon juice
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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Crust Mixture
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups cold butter
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
directions
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ZUCCHINI MIXTURE:
- In a large saucepan, over medium-low heat, cook zucchini and lemon juice for 15-20 minutes until zucchini is tender.
- Add sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and cook for a minute more.
- Remove from heat and let sit.
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CRUST MIXTURE:
- For crust, mix flour, and sugar in a large bowl.
- Cut in cold butter until mixture resembles pea size coarse crumbs.
- Stir 1/2 cup of the flour mixture into zucchini and mix well.
- Press 1/2 of remaining crust mixture into a greased 15x10 jelly roll pan.
- Spread zucchini mixture over crust in pan.
- Crumble remaining crumb mix over zucchini and sprinkle with the 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
- Bake at 375°F for 35-40 minutes.
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Reviews
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Definitely delishcious! Made it with the another reveiewer's recommended substitution of 2 cups of rolled oats for 2 of the 4 cups of flour called for in the original recipe. I used u bleached whole wheat white flour because it's healthier, but kept the butter for the best flavor! I also added 1/2 cup of chopped pecans to the topping, and it was all the better for it, IMHO. I divided it into TWO 8x8 pans...one for me and one for my daughter. She took some to work the day after and everyone wanted the recipe! My husband, who doesn't often care for sweets, ate it and loved it...mainly because I used two huge, overgrown zucchini she hat had escaped his eagle eye in the garden! I think the overgrown zucchini a are better to use for this recipe, because they made more "apple-like" slices. Be sure to peel and scoop out all of the "woody" fibrous insides with the seeds before cooking in the lemon juice!
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EXCELLENT!!!! This was the perfect recipe to use with the extra zuc's from my kitchen garden. The kids and family loved it and I'm looking forward to eating a slice tomorrow. In regards to there being too much topping I have to disagree. When this is made in a jelly roll pan..or any other rectangular size one..the topping looks like too much but it does come together nicely and I like a nice thick topping. I replaced a 1/4 cup of the white sugar for the filling w/ brown as well as the topping. I also replaced a 1 cup of the flour w/ 1 cup of whole wheat. You could not tell the whole wheat was in there very much~! I will be making this as my standard pot luck bring-a-long. Thanks!
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Definitely delishcious! Made it with the another reveiewer's recommended substitution of 2 cups of rolled oats for 2 of the 4 cups of flour called for in the original recipe. I used u bleached whole wheat white flour because it's healthier, but kept the butter for the best flavor! I also added 1/2 cup of chopped pecans to the topping, and it was all the better for it, IMHO. I divided it into TWO 8x8 pans...one for me and one for my daughter. She took some to work the day after and everyone wanted the recipe! My husband, who doesn't often care for sweets, ate it and loved it...mainly because I used two huge, overgrown zucchini she hat had escaped his eagle eye in the garden! I think the overgrown zucchini a are better to use for this recipe, because they made more "apple-like" slices. Be sure to peel and scoop out all of the "woody" fibrous insides with the seeds before cooking in the lemon juice!
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EXCELLENT!!!! This was the perfect recipe to use with the extra zuc's from my kitchen garden. The kids and family loved it and I'm looking forward to eating a slice tomorrow. In regards to there being too much topping I have to disagree. When this is made in a jelly roll pan..or any other rectangular size one..the topping looks like too much but it does come together nicely and I like a nice thick topping. I replaced a 1/4 cup of the white sugar for the filling w/ brown as well as the topping. I also replaced a 1 cup of the flour w/ 1 cup of whole wheat. You could not tell the whole wheat was in there very much~! I will be making this as my standard pot luck bring-a-long. Thanks!