Apple Crisp With Oatmeal Cookie Crust

Submitted by toadman2

"my favorite apple crisp"

 

• Ready In: 5hrs
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1⁄4 cup quick oats
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ginger
• 1 pinch clove
• 1 pinch cardamom
• 1 pinch allspice
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 cup granny smith apple
• 2 cups sweet baking apples

directions

1. Cream 1/4 cupsugar, butter together, stirr in flour, 1 tsp cinnamon and oats and form into crust on greased pan, saving 40 percent of the dough for the top layer of crust.
2. Simmer granny smith or other tart apples with lemon juice, unti mushy, allow to cool and marinate sweet baking apples with tart mixture for 4 hours.
3. Blend remaining spices, brown sugar and rub over apples.
4. Add apples to crusted sheet and crumble remaining dough over apples.
5. Bake at 350 for 25 to 40 minutes, checking every 5 minutes to make sure batch is not overdone.