I cannot say I love fall.  I mourn the end of summer every year and try to think about the highlights of fall such as apples, beautiful leaves, and sweaters.  I go a bit crazy making apple recipes and here is an easy one to start with.

For the crisp fall weather an apple crumble.

Apple Crumble

• 6 medium baking apples, I used McIntosh
• 1 T lemon juice
• 2 T sugar
• ½ C walnuts tossed with 1t. olive oil – toasted and chopped
• Pinch of cinnamon
• Pinch of nutmeg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ½ C brown sugar
• ½ C all-purpose flour
• ½ stick butter, I use unsalted for baking, room temperature

First toast your walnuts in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.  Let cool and chop coarsely.

Butter a 1 ½-2 quart baking dish and raise oven to 375 degrees.

Peel, core, and slice apples, toss with lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Add to prepared baking dish.

In a separate bowl combine the brown sugar, flour, and butter.  Mix this with your hands to get a coarse, sand like consistency.

Crumble this over your apples, add the toasted walnuts and bake until apples are done and topping is browned, about 35 minutes.  (I always check about 5 minutes early to be safe)

I serve this warm with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.

Adding a nice fresh cup of coffee doesn’t hurt either.

Enjoy!