Thursday, October 3, 2019

I Like Thursday #30 ~ Apple Picking Time


Good Thursday Morning!  



I am linking up today with the


where every week we pause to think about all the good things in life,
big and small. 


I am ever thankful for the gifts of life and love.


Wherever the road leads me in life, I am happy because I travel it with the people I love.


This week the road took us apple picking 
at our favorite hilltop orchard in Central Massachusetts,




Cortlands are my favorite baking apples and they are always big and crisp here.


So I made my guy's favorite apple crisp! 

Here is my go-to recipe: 



Apple Crisp

6-10 apples, depending on size, I like large Cortlands
Half of a Lemon, juiced
1-2 teaspoons cinnamon (to taste)
1- 2 cups sugar (to taste)
¼ cup flour

Topping:
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup flour
¾ cup brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Set oven to 350 degrees  F

Mix topping ingredients to fine soft crumb and set aside.


Juice half a lemon into large bowl.
Peel and slice apples into bowl and toss with lemon juice.
Add sugar and cinnamon to taste and mix well.
Mix in flour.

Pour apples into shallow backing dish and pack down.

Sprinkle half of the topping onto apples and pack down. Add more if needed to completely cover apples.Sprinkle remaining loose topping onto crisp.

Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until apples a soft when pierced with a small knife and topping is golden brown.  Cover topping loosely with foil is starts to brown too quickly to finish baking.  Crisp is usually done when the juices start to bubble up on the sides.  I set my baking dish on a sheet of foil when I place it in the oven to prevent any drips from falling and burning in my oven.


Serve hot with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream or curls of cheddar cheese. 


I have taken out some of my Halloween quilts and made our home look fall festive.

Stop by for a cuppa and some crisp.


Happy Thankful Thursday ! 


10 comments:

Siouxzq64@gmail.com said...

That is the best thing about fall, apples! Your apple crisp looks like it is yummy.

Calicojoan said...

What a great post. So many reasons to be thankful! The apple crisp looks wonderful. One of my favorite apple pickin' spots was in New Mexico. Unfortunately a forest fire went through there a few years back and destroyed everything.

Deonn said...

What a lovely post. Your house looks very festive. Autumn is my favorite, and that apple crisp sounds delicious!

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

Oh yum, I love apple crisp and yours looks wonderful! You have the perfect dish for it, too! What cute Halloween quilts you have - it's so fun to change out the decor this time of year.

Shannon said...

Your Halloween quilts are fabulous, especially the spiderweb one! I love apples- my trees didn't do much this year, and my mom's froze, but we had a bumper crop last year and there are still tons in my freezer. I made apple bread last weekend-- I wanted to make pumpkin but realized that the things in my freezer weren't well mixed so now I have no pumpkin and tons of apple!! That's ok- the apple bread is tasty too :)

PaintedThread said...

Oh, apple crisp. That looks delicious! Great quilts - I especially like the web quilt!

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

Oh my that apple crisp, which is a favourite of mine, looks so delicious and I love the dish it's in too. Thanks for sharing your recipe too.
You have such wonderful fall things to decorate your house. Looks beautiful.

Home Sewn By Us said...

Hi Pat! YUM! That apple crisp looks delicious and that's the same recipe my mom gave me. I love the pan you make it in, too. Very cute, and that bowl of crisp just makes my mouth water. I couldn't load your website yesterday for some reason, so I popped back today. I'm glad I did as I love your likes for the week. ~smile~ Roseanne

piecefulwendy said...

Oh, that apple crisp looks delish! I like your cozy little home decorations. It looks like a fun place to be!

LA Paylor said...

apple picking and apple using!!! I love your quote about the road, and your spiderweb quilt