Barbara Bushs Apple Crisp Recipes

PERFECT APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375º. Spray an 9x9 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl or plastic zipper bag, combine granulated sugar, cornstarch, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add apples and lemon juice and toss to coat. Put in prepared baking dish.
• In a large bowl combine brown sugar, flour, oats, almonds, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add melted butter and mix with a fork or your hands until mixture resembles crumbly wet sand. Sprinkle mixture evenly on top of apples.
• Place baking dish on a rimmed baking sheet, and bake until apples are tender and topping is golden brown about 45-55 minutes. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.
• Serve warm from the oven topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired.

BARBARA BUSH'S APPLE CRISP

Steps:

• Mound apples in buttered pie plate and pour orange juice over them.
• In separate bowl, combine sugar, flour, spices and salt.
• Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• Sprinkle over apples.
• Bake at 375 for 45 minutes or until apples are tender and topping is crisp.
• Serve warm.

APPLE CRISP WITH ORANGE JUICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Butter a 10 inch pie plate, I use Cooking spray.
• Mound apples in prepared pie plate.
• Pour orange juice over the apples.
• In a separate bowl combine sugar, flour, cinammon, nutmeg and salt.
• Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• Sprinkle over apples.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until apples are tender and topping is crisp.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

BARBARA BUSH'S CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Steps:

• Beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and egg until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in hot water and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour, baking soda, and salt, until well blended and smooth. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Drop dough by well-rounded teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 10 minute, or until golden. Cool cookie sheet on a wire rack for 1 minutes, then remove cookies to a rack to cool completely.