Apple Crisp

This stuff, right here.

It's still fall!  And that means: MORE APPLE GOODNESS!!!!  This time I'll be going over another one of my favorite apple recipes: apple crisp.  You will need: apples (just like with the crow's nest recipe, I recommend macintosh apples), flour, light brown sugar, quick-cooking oats, cinnamon, ginger, and butter.  Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and get out a 9 x 13" baking pan.

It should look rather like this.

In a large bowl, mix together 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of brown sugar, and 1 cup of oats.  Then cut up 1 stick (1/2 cup) of cold butter into little cubes and mix it into the flour mixture with a pastry blender.  If you aren't fancy enough to have a pastry blender (note: a pastry blender is NOT the same as a regular blender; I don't recommend doing anything with this recipe with a regular blender), then you can mix in the butter with your hands.  Get the butter mixed in really well and set the bowl aside. 

IMPOSSIBLE!!!

Now it's time to start peeling, coring, and slicing apples!  You can just put your apples right into your baking dish as you get them sliced to make sure you end up with the right amount (you should have a nice layer about, oh, I don't know, an inch thick or so).  Or, you can be like me and say "I have ten apples and, dammit, I am going to use ten apples!  It's impossible to have too many apples!  IMPOSSIBLE!"  

All ready for the oven! I'm sure this will end well.

So, once you have your desired amount of apples, dump them into a bowl.  Or two bowls, if you just happen to have that many apples.  Mix your apples with 1/4 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon of ginger (if you ended up with two bowls of apples, put that amount of stuff in each bowl).  Once you've gotten it all mixed well and your apples are coated nicely, dump them back into your baking dish.  Then spread your reserved flour and oats mixture on top.  Pop it in your preheated oven for about 45 minutes, or until the topping is nice and browned.  This is a nice, big recipe and will serve a small army, group of friends that you're watching Dr. Who with, or just yourself for about a month.  Enjoy!

See?  It did end well.