Great Grains or Peanut Butter Cheerios on Fruit Crisp

Here's the original Fruit Crisp recipe I started with, from Better Homes and Gardens, New Cookbook, Prize Winning Recipes

 

Choose-a-Fruit Crisp

 

Ingredients

 

5 cups sliced, peeled apples, pears, peaches, or apricots; or frozen unsweetened peach slices

2 tablespoons granulated sugar

1/2 cup regular rolled oats

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, ginger, or cinnamon

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup chopped nuts or coconut
 

Directions

 

1. For filling, thaw fruit, if frozen. Do not drain. Place fruit in an ungreased 2-quart square baking dish. Stir in the granulated sugar.

2. For topping, in a mixing bowl combine oats; brown sugar; flour; and nutmeg, ginger, or cinnamon. 3. With a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts or coconut. Sprinkle topping over filling.

4. Bake in a 375 degree F oven for 30 to 35 minutes (40 minutes for thawed fruit) or until fruit is tender and topping is golden. If desired, serve warm with ice cream or light cream.

My 1st version with 2 Cups of Great Grains, raisins, dates pecans for the oatmeal

 

Ingredients
 

6 apples, peeled and sliced thin and even size

2 Cups Great Grains, raisins, dates, pecans

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

1/4 Cup brown sugar, packed

1/8 tsp nutmeg

1/8 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla

4 Tablespoons sugar

 

Directions

 

1. Take out stick of butter, let it sit to soften in a mixing bowl

2. Peel and slice apples, put in bowl with water and a squirt of lemon juice to keep from browning

3. Add 2 cups Great Grains raisins, dates and pecans, nutmeg, cinnamon, brown sugar, flour in bowl with butter. Cut butter into mixture with knife or fork, into pebble size pieces.

4. Drain apples and place in 9 inch pie plate

5. Add 4 tablespoons of sugar, and vanilla to apples. Toss until evenly coated

6. Spoon on crumb mixture evenly over apples

7. Bake 40 minutes, 375 oven

 

 

 

My 2nd version with 1 Cup of Peanut Butter Cheerios and 1 Cup of Great Grains, raisins, dates, and pecans, for oatmeal.

Ingredients

6 apples, peeled and sliced thin and even size
1 Cup Peanut Butter Cheerios
1 Cup Great Grains, raisins, dates, pecans
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
1/4 Cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 Cup flour
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
4 Tablespoons sugar

Directions

1. Take out stick of butter, let it sit to soften in a mixing bowl
2. Peel and slice apples, put in bowl with water and a squirt of lemon juice to keep from browning
3. Take 1 cup of Peanut Butter Cheerios, place in food processor or chopper. Chop Cheerios into little pebble size pieces
4. Place in bowl with butter
5. Add 1 cup Great Grains raisins, dates and pecans, nutmeg, cinnamon, brown sugar, flour in bowl with butter. Cut butter into mixture, pebble size pieces.
6. Drain apples and place in 9 inch pie plate
7. Add 4 tablespoons of sugar, and vanilla to apples. Toss until evenly coated
8. Spoon on crumb mixture evenly over apples.
9. Bake 40 minutes, 375 oven