Apple Crisp

Yesterday evening around dinnertime, an intense craving emerged from deep within my soul.  It was for something warm, apple-themed, and crispy. This craving required butter and brown sugar as well.

I made it my mission to bake something the following day that would satisfy this craving.  After church, hubby, Caleb and I headed straight to the grocery store to get butter.  We were going to need A LOT.  (Plus, we were all out - otherwise I would've baked something the night before).

We arrived back at the house, feasted on a rather large lunch of fried chicken, green bean casserole and mashed potatoes, and watched a lot of tv on dvd while Caleb napped.  When we came to, I headed toward the bookshelf and searched through pages and pages of cookbooks to find the perfect recipe. 

I finally selected an Apple Crisp recipe from The New Best Recipe Cookbook, one belonging to hubby.  About an hour later, the apple crisp came out of the oven, golden brown crust atop bubbling cinnamon and brown sugar apples.  It was exactly what I wanted.  According to the recipe description, most apple crisps aren't really crisp at all.  What is necessary to give the topping that extra crunch are spices and crushed pecans (or walnuts).