Well, first thing you'll notice is there are no cranberries in my crisps. I've bought frozen cranberries many times and although we are only 52(!) days away from Christmas, there were none to be found.By the way, a big thank you to Laurie for being flexible with this month's posting days. I am saving the Chocolate Caramel Chestnut cake for my dad's birthday next week!
Em of The Repressed Pastry Chef chose Dorie's Cran-Apple Crisps this week and without the cranberries I don't know if I'm a good judge of these or not. Basically it was just an apple crumble. Tasty, but usually our fallback dessert if we haven't planned ahead.
The taste test ...
Like I said, your standard apple crumble. I'm sure the cranberries would elevate this to something more special and give a great contrast with the sweet crumble topping. Oh well, we did enjoy it with a big scoop of vanilla icecream. An easy Saturday night dessert! I'll stock up on cranberries next time I find them just to pop into something like this.
Thanks Em! You can find the recipe (and no doubt some gorgeous photos) on her blog.
Yum! We did use the cranberries. I like the dimension that they added. It was pretty sweet.
ReplyDeleteIt looks very tasty, especially with the ice cream. I'm looking forward to trying this. I got the last bag of fresh cranberries at the grocery store!
ReplyDeleteIt's absolutely fabulous with cranberries - I'd definitely suggest remaking it once you can find them. I'm betting yours tasted good anyways though!
ReplyDeletenothing wrong with an apple crisp-- tasty, esp with ice cream! when i lived in sydney, i thought cranerries were pretty hard to find (and so expensive, too).
ReplyDeleteI am glad I found some cranberries and stashed them in my freezer. Your crisp still looks great. I made the Chestnut cake and it's delish!
ReplyDeleteYour crisp looks delicious Susan.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure my kids will like cranberries. I'm going to use plums. Your crisp looks delicious! Ice cream doesn't hurt.
ReplyDeleteNow that's the way to serve an apple crisp! Nice job.
ReplyDeleteYour crisp topping looks so...crisp! I'll take your advice and make this one with the cranberries. I'm halfway through the chocolate chestnut cake and hope it's a hit at your dad's birthday.
ReplyDeleteOnly 42 days til Christmas. I think you just ruined my day. Until I saw your crisp..day saved. Looks perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a Cran-Apple Crisps recipe that’s different! i’m always racking my brain to figure out what’s new i can do with Crisps"!I hope your recipe will help in doing so.
ReplyDeleteYour post made me realize how many apples desserts we've done for TWD now. The Parisian tartlets, applesauce bars, apple turnovers, etc.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great recipe for cran-apple crisps. I think this could be great for the Thanksgiving table.
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