Grandma Mary's Apple Crisp.

Today we're remembering Grandpa Gordon. We've been missing him for a year now, fall is settling down around us, and I can't wait till Thanksgiving with my family in Western Nebraska.

So I made apple crisp today. It's my grandma Mary's recipe, and it tastes like home. My mommy wrote the recipe out on a card for me in college, and it is my favorite fall dessert. I made a half recipe because there are only three of us living here and leftovers are dangerous. I've been known to eat apple crisp for breakfast, lunch and snacks. I'll include the recipe for the whole crisp in case you want it. Really, you probably need it.


I used honeycrisp apples, peeled and sliced them very thin, and tossed them with a little lemon juice so they wouldn't brown.


Next I mixed up the topping. It's so so yummy. I should eat it on my oatmeal.


Spread on top and bake till golden brown and your house smells like home. As I write this, it's already gone. It was that good.


Mary Luhrs Recipe for Apple Crisp
3 cups apples, peeled and sliced
lemon juice
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup oatmeal
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
5 tablespoons butter

Slice apples and layer in a 9 x 9 baking dish. Combine dry ingredients, and then use a fork to smash the butter throughout the mixture. Spread on top of the apples. Bake for 35 - 40 minutes at 350 degrees or until top is browned and apples are tender.

Then eat it with people you love because apple crisp is about fall and family.