Speaking of desserts. No matter how much invent the wheel, but I still come to the fact that the best traditional Christmas recipes and nothing can not be. Of course, I love the exotic and sophisticated desserts like panna cotta or tarte flambe, that's just their preparation requires proper attention and time. In the pre "fever" is better to abandon unknown recipes, of course, if you are not reproduced them a thousand times in the kitchen and one hundred percent sure that cheesecake propechetsya souffle not shall fade, and the fibers in the Italian panna cotta is not split into components.
This year I decided not to bother his head and bake a delicious and easy-to-apple-cranberry performance Crisp. This dessert - almost Christmas "classics of the genre" in the United States and Europe. All the ingredients can be easily found in the store, seasonal ingredients and their combination is the best suited for and so rich New Year / Christmas table. There is another advantage: the day after cooking apple-cranberry crisp you will find even tastier!
So, for easy Christmas dessert will need:
For the dough:
- 250 grams of oatmeal;
- 100 g flour (you can meal, if you can find);
- 70-100 grams of brown sugar;
- ½ h. L. salt (no slides);
- 70 ml of coconut oil (I advise to use it, so prepare in advance);
- 3 tbsp. l. light honey;
- 100g chopped walnuts (or any other of your choice);
For the filling:
- 200 g of fresh or frozen cranberries;
- 5-6 medium apples varieties Gala;
- 2 tbsp. l. corn starch;
- 2 tbsp. l. freshly squeezed orange juice;
- 2 tbsp. l. light honey;
- 50 grams of brown sugar;
- ground cinnamon and ginger (to taste).
Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, salt and coconut oil by hand (strong fork) or the food processor mode ("pulse"). The mixture should resemble coarse crumbs.
Add to the resulting mixture of honey and stir again, so that it is uniformly dispersed. The mixture should get a crumbly, but moist. If you notice that a mixture of dryish - add the tablespoon of boiled water or apple juice.
Add to the mixture of chopped nuts, gently mix everything and set aside - will deal with filling.
Mix cranberries (if using frozen - do not thaw), orange juice, a little ground cinnamon, brown sugar and cornstarch in a large bowl.
Wash apples, cored and clean them from the skin. Cut the peeled apples into thin slices or small cubes. Add them to the bowl to cranberries and mix well.
Grease a baking dish with butter, not forgetting the rail. I use baking dishes a la carte, so much more convenient. Evenly distribute the cranberry-apple mixture on the surface of the mold. Put the prepared dough-crumb for apples and gently flatten.
Cover with a lid or foil form and bake in the oven at 170-180 ° C for 15 minutes. Then remove the lid / foil and bake for another 15-20 minutes Crisp while he thoroughly browned. However, be careful to not burnt dessert, baking time may depend on the characteristics of the oven.
Serve Christmas Crisp need in the best traditions - with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, hoisted it straight to dessert.