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Apple Crisps with Dried Cherries and Ginger

If you don't have individual soufflé dishes, this can be prepared in a 13 x 9-inch glass baking dish, in which case the crisp will need to bake for about 55 minutes.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 12

Ingredients

For topping

1

1/4 cups old-fashioned or quick oats

1

cup plus 2 tablespoons (packed) dark brown sugar

3

/4 cup all purpose flour

1

/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1

/4 teaspoon salt

3

/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

3

/4 cup almonds, lightly toasted, chopped

1

/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger

For Filling

4

pounds Granny Smith or Pippin apples, peeled, cored, sliced

1

1/2 cups dried tart cherries

1

/2 cup sugar

1

tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1

tablespoon all purpose flour

3

/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Vanilla ice cream

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. Make topping:

    Step 1

    Mix oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt in large bowl. Add butter and rub in until coarse crumbs form. Mix in almonds and ginger. (Topping can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

  2. Make filling:

    Step 2

    Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter twelve 1 1/4-cup soufflé dishes. Combine apples, cherries, sugar, lemon juice, flour and ground cinnamon in large bowl. Mix to blend well. Divide filling among prepared dishes.

    Step 3

    Sprinkle topping over apples. Bake until topping is golden brown, about 40 minutes. Serve warm with ice cream.