Apple Crisp

I adapted the crisp topping from kittenkal's Best Blueberry Crisp and adapted the apple part from Alton Brown's apple pie recipe. Alton's recipe called for tapioca flour which I didn't have, so I used about 1/4 cup minute tapioca and ground it up in my coffee grinder down to about 3 tablespoons. I use Ceylon cinnamon because it is floral and goes well with apples. This does have a long preparation time, but a lot of that is taken up in draining the apples, it is time you can be work on something else. Bottled lime juice works just fine in this recipe.

• Ready In: 2 hrs 35 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 1 pan

Ingredients

• Apple Filling

• 3 1⁄2 lbs apples (2 each Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Golden Delicious, and Braeburn)
• 1⁄2 cup sugar, divided
• 3  tablespoons minute tapioca, finely ground (see Recipe Description)
• 2  tablespoons  apple jelly
• 1  tablespoon water
• 2  teaspoons lime juice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg

• Crisp Topping

• 1  cup flour
• 1  cup old fashioned oats
• 1  cup brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted

Directions

1. Peel and core apples and slice into 1/2 inch thick wedges. Toss apples with 1/4 cup of sugar and drain in a large colander for about 1 1/2 hours.
2. While apples are draining mix the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, tapioca, apple jelly, water, lime juice, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl.
3. In a medium bowl, mix the topping ingredients: flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Pour the melted butter over the topping, and mix together until it looks like gravel with some sand. I use my hands.
4. Once the apples have drained place them in the bowl with the tapioca mixture and combine. I use my hands for this, too.
5. Place the apples in a 13x9 glass baking dish. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the apples and bake in a preheated 350° oven about 35 minutes, or until the apples bubble and the topping is lightly browned.
6. Let cool and serve with ice cream or whipped cream.