So, I was feeling a bit down this evening after the banana pudding didn’t turn out too well: my son only ate the chocolate chips out of it & left the pudding, and my daughter said, “Mom, its kinda sweet… I’ll have a yogurt”. Sigh. Well, on to plan B!  My examination of the contents of my fridge, combined with the temperature of the air coming through the back window (cool and oh-so-wonderfully autumn crisp), lead me to whip up a quick pan of baked apple crisp. Here’s what I threw together:

6 small tart apples
4 Tbs butter
¼ cup flour (whole wheat white is my all-around baking favorite)
¼ cup rolled oats
¼ cup dark brown sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp ginger
¼ tsp nutmeg

Preheat oven to 450f. Butter a baking dish. Peel, core, and cut apples into slices & place into the dish (now, you CAN leave the skin on, but I prefer them naked). Melt butter, and mix well with dry ingredients.  Scoop/crumble topping over the apples. Cover the dish & bake for approx. 30 minutes – until apples yield to a fork.  They can go quickly from that perfect state into mushy apple sauce, so watch those last 5 minutes closely!

Allow to cool a bit & enjoy (with vanilla ice cream is of course, the best)!