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apple cranberry crisp

details

  • Serves 8
  • Prep time: 20 minutes
  • Bake time: 1 hour, 20 minutes + cooling
ingredients
  • 4 large firm apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2 inch dice
  • 12 ounce bag (fresh or frozen) cranberries
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice

TOPPING:

  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons cold butter

directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9x13 baking dish.

In a large bowl, combine the apples, cranberries, sugar, flour, vanilla, and orange juice, and toss well to combine. Transfer to the baking dish and set aside.

For the topping - in a medium bowl, combine the flour, sugars, pecans and cinnamon. Cut in butter with your hands until crumbly; sprinkle over apple and cranberry mixture.

Bake until topping is browned and juices are thick and bubbling around edges, about 1 hour. Let cool for 15 minutes before serving.

NOTE: To make individual crisps (which is what I did), divide filling and topping among eight 8-ounce ramekins and reduce the baking time to 30 minutes.