Apple Crisp

My family loves fruit crisp.  It is easy to see why.  Cut up some fruit, throw together a topping and you have a satisfying crumbly fruity goodness that is perfect with ice cream.

Peel some apples.  These ones were starting to get spots so it was a perfect excuse to make Crisp.

Time to get my slicer out.  I love this thing.  It was the first time using it for apples.  I use the square cutting blades all the time to make fries in my Actifry.

Butter your baking pan.

Look at how great that turns out!

Now get some brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon.

Sprinkle about 1/4 cup of brown sugar over your cut apples, 2 tbsp flour to soak up all the juices, and 2-3 tbsp of cinnamon.  Go nuts, it's yummy.  Mix it up a bit right there in the pan.

Now for the topping.  Rolled oats, more brown sugar and flour, and butter.

Mix equal part sugar and oatmeal together.  Toss in a couple more tablespoons of flour and mix.

It should look something like this.

Sprinkle that all over the apples.

Dot the top with butter.

Bake for 25 minutes. These apples were really juicy so the flour made a nice sauce with the juices that came out.  The butter melts on top and makes a nice chewy crisp crunch.

This is a highly enjoyed dessert in my house.  I have made this with various berries, different types of apples, but strawberries and rhubarb are my favourite.  Adjust the sugar you add to the fruit to suit your taste and the sweetness of the fruit you use.

Crescent Cherry Cheese Cobbler

I seen this recipe on Facebook one night and showed it to Chris who said, "don't toy with me woman".  I took that as a, "damn that looks good" and planned accordingly.  Thankfully, I saved the recipe to my awesome foods board in Pinterest because I can never find anything I want off Facebook later.  This really couldn't be easier or tastier.  For real!

Get everything together and close by.  This is so quick you will love it!

Whip the room temperature cream cheese and 3/4 cup of sugar together.  I used my stand mixer, super easy!  Add in the vanilla and this layer is done.

Open the crescent rolls and spread half of it on the bottom of a buttered pan.  Try to seal the cuts and get it right out to the edges.

Now spread that cream cheese heaven you just created.  Get it to the edges too.

Bring on the cherries!  How good does this look already?!

Now the top.  Roll out the rest of the crescent roll dough and do the same as the bottom.  It was a bit stuck together where the roll started but I pulled and pinched gently to get this. 

Now melt some butter.

Brush the top with butter and the reserved sugar to make a nice sugary crust.

Bake it for 30 minutes at 350F to get this golden delight. 

Oh Mama, this was precious.  It was very good.  The only change I would do would be to make my own pie filling and make it a bit tart as this was really sweet.  The ice cream sure helped to cut the sweetness and pushed this dessert over the top!

Have any of you tried to make tempura veggies?  I'll share my experience with you tomorrow.  I made tempura for the first time in my life this past weekend.  It was interesting.