Last week, I visited family in Quebec where it’s apple season. While I love a crisp apple picked right off the tree in our orchard, I’m not typically a fan of apple desserts. It’s really not the apple part I don’t like in those desserts, it’s the cinnamon that seems to always be prominent. I do NOT like cinnamon! I know, I’m weird. Come to find out my sister is also weird and doesn’t like cinnamon either, so when she made an apple crumble for dessert one night, she just left out the cinnamon – delish dessert!!

This easy dessert is best served with vanilla ice cream and warm.

Ingredients:

• 8 medium apples, peeled and thinly-sliced (used Cortlands)
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp. water
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup quick cooking oats

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Butter (or coat with cooking spray) a 3-cup baking dish or an 8” pie plate.
3. In a large bowl, combine the apples, sugar, lemon juice and the water. Place in the baking dish.
4. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter for a minute. Add the brown sugar and beat for another minute. Add the flour and oats and beat until just combined. Cover the apples with the flour/oats mixture. Bake for 45 minutes, until top of the crumble is browned and slightly caramelized around the edge.

Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Yields 6 servings.