Maple Fruit Crisp

My favorite fall dessert! This comes from Jeanne Lemlin's "Quick Vegetarian Pleasures." Keep a bag of fresh cranberries in the freezer and you can make this all year long.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 5  medium apples, peeled,cored & thinly sliced (any kind but not Delicious)
• 2  ripe and firm pears, peeled,cored & thinly sliced (Anjou, Bartlett or Comice)
• 2⁄3 cup fresh cranberries or 2⁄3 cup frozen cranberries
• 2  tablespoons golden raisins
• 3  tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 1  tablespoon unbleached flour

• Topping

• 1⁄4 cup unbleached flour
• 1⁄4 cup oats
• 2  tablespoons  finely chopped walnuts
• 1⁄4 cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 5  tablespoons  cold unsalted butter, cut in bits
• 3  tablespoons pure maple syrup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In large bowl, combine apples, pears, cranberries, raisins& maple syrup.
3. Toss to coat well.
4. Sprinkle on flour& toss again.
5. Scrape fruit into 8x8 inch baking pan& smooth top.
6. To make topping, combine flour, oats, walnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon& salt in medium bowl.
7. With fingertips, rub in butter bits until coarse crumbs form.
8. Stir in maple syrup just until crumbs are evenly moistened (mixture will be a little gooey).
9. With fingers, sprinkle mixture on top of fruit, breaking up any large chunks.
10. Bake 40-50 mins.
11. or until filling is bubbly& apples are tender.
12. Serve warm (with some vanilla ice cream) or at room temperature.