Fuji Apple Crisp

Lazy afternoons sometimes turn interesting when I stumble upon some recipe and realize that I have the ingredients to make it then and there. The first time I saw this recipe in a food show in TV, it looked so easy and simple to make which indeed was. Since then whenever I have excess of apples in our home,which we usually have I make this one. I tried varying the apples and also with additional ingredients such as raisins, dries cranberries, walnuts etc. The combo which I liked was the Fuji Apples & Raisins. You can also use Granny Smith apples if you are into tartness. Here goes the recipe.



Ingredients:
For the Filling:
Fuji Apples peeled, cored and cut into small chunks - 4
Raisins - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 2 tablespoon
Lemon Juice - 1 tablespoon

For the Topping:
All purpose flour - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 1/3 cup
Butter - 1/4 cup
Ground cinnamon - 1/4 teaspoon
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon

How to prepare:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the ingredients for the filling and place it in a baking pan. I used an 8 x 6 x 2 inch Pyrex glass pan.
• Combine flour, sugar, salt and ground cinnamon in a bowl.
• Add butter into this and using fingertips or fork mix it till it becomes crumbly. (This closely resembles the puttu mix which we malayalis make).
• Spread the topping over the apple evenly.
• Bake this for 35- 40 min.
• Once done, increase the oven temperature to broil and broil it for 1 min. Make sure that you broil it only for 1 min, otherwise the topping will get burnt.
• Once done, cool it before serving.
• Goes well with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream or whipped cream.
  
• Serves 6 persons.