French Apple Crisp Food

APPLE CRISP FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• For the French toast and caramelized apples: Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
• Spread the bread cubes on a large baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted, about 15 minutes. Let cool. Adjust the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the sugar, apple cider and lemon juice in a large, high-sided saute pan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Stir in the Gala and Granny Smith apples and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and caramelized, about 15 minutes. Add the apple brandy if using; cook a few minutes longer. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the apples to a bowl (you don't want the apples to be too wet) and let cool. Reserve the apple cooking liquid for serving.
• For the streusel: Mix together the butter, salt and sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Add the flour, oats and cinnamon and mix until well combined. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. Squeeze the mixture in your hands to form larger and smaller clumps.
• For the casserole: Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with some softened butter. Whisk the eggs, yolks, vanilla and cinnamon in a large bowl until smooth. Whisk in the half-and-half, then fold in the cooled apples. Add the bread and stir to coat, pressing down to make sure bread is totally submerged. Let sit for 10 minutes.
• Transfer the apple-bread mixture to the buttered baking dish, pressing down to make sure the top is an even layer. Scatter the streusel evenly over the top. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and continue baking until puffed and lightly golden brown, another 30 minutes or so. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
• Reheat the reserved apple cooking liquid. (If very thin, simmer briefly over medium heat until reduced to a syrup; if there isn't much, add some apple cider and simmer briefly.) Turn the heat to low and whisk in the cold butter, piece by piece, until emulsified. Serve with the French toast.

APPLE CRISP - PERFECT AND EASY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
• Arrange apple slices evenly in prepared baking dish. Sift flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter using a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal; sprinkle over apples.
• Bake in preheated oven until topping is golden, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool slightly before serving.

WINNING APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, rolled oats, sugar, and cinnamon.
• Cut in softened butter until crumbly.
• Press half into a greased 2-1/2-quart baking dish or a 9-inch square baking pan.
• Cover with peeled, chopped apples.
• In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, water and vanilla.
• Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thick and clear.
• Pour over apples.
• Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 60 to 65 minutes or until apples are tender.
• Serve warm, with ice cream if desired.
• Yield: 8 servings.

FRENCH APPLE CRUMBLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy. (I just used a spoon.) Add in oatmeal, flour, and chopped almonds, and mix again until mixture resembles course crumbs. It's easiest to accomplish this by getting your (clean) fingers in there and really going at it.
• Grease a square 8 by 8 or 9 by 9 baking dish with cooking spray. Peel, core, and dice apples, tossing with the nutmeg before arranging in baking dish. I used a few dashes of lemon juice to stop the apples from browning while I chopped them. Sprinkle with crumble mixture and bake for about 40 minutes. You may want to cover with foil for the last 10 minutes or so to ensure that it doesn't get too brown.

FRENCH APPLE COBBLER

Steps:

• For the filling:
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Add apples, vanilla and water.
• Mix well.
• Put in a greased 8x8 baking dish.
• Dot with butter.
• Let stand while preparing topping.
• For the topping:.
• Combine all ingredients.
• Mix until smooth.
• Drop batter in 9 portions on top of apple mixture.
• Batter spreads during baking.
• Bake at 375* for about 40 minutes or until applea are done and topping is a golden brown.
• Serve warm plain or with whipped cream if desired.

IMPOSSIBLE FRENCH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch pie pan.
• In a large bowl, mix apples, cinnamon and nutmeg together; turn mixture into pan. In a separate bowl, beat sugar, milk, 1/2 cup biscuit mix, eggs and butter until smooth. Pour over apples.
• To Make Streusel: In a small bowl, stir together 1 cup biscuit mix, nuts, brown sugar and butter; mix until crumbly. Sprinkle streusel over top of pie.
• Bake in preheated oven for 55 to 60 minutes; bake until knife inserted in center of pie comes out clean.

WARM FRENCH APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• Cut butter into cake mix (or use food processor) until it resembles coarse cornmeal.
• Reserve 1 cup of mixture.
• Pat remaining mixture into ungreased 13" X 9" dish.
• Pat mixture up 1/2 inch side of dish.
• Spread pie filling over cake mixture.
• Sprinkle reserved mixture over top.
• Bake 45-50 minutes .
• Serve warm with a wedge of cheddar cheese.