Here's what you do when you refuse to buy apples because you already have about 100 pints of applesauce on the shelves from last year's crop. And, of course, there are no fresh McIntosh apples on our tree because this year we had a total apple crop failure.
Above is a part of a typical crop from our lone McIntosh tree (For those of you who like to play 'which of these things doesn't belong here', you're right: the yellow basket contains onions!) :-) So, back to 'what to do' with no fresh apples but lots of applesauce.
Starting with Bob's Red Mill GF oats, I placed the following ingredients into a bowl:
2 c. brown sugar
1 1/3 c. brown rice flour
2/3 c. tapioca flour
2 c. BRMGF oats
1 T. cinnamon
1 T. nutmeg
3/4 c. soft butter
An apple crisp recipe will call for more butter and more sugar. I didn't want it very sweet, and I definitely didn't want the crumbles to feel greasy.
An apple crisp recipe will call for more butter and more sugar. I didn't want it very sweet, and I definitely didn't want the crumbles to feel greasy.
With a pastry blender, thoroughly cut butter into the mix. Pour the mix out onto a greased (cooking spray) heavy cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 28 minutes, stirring at least twice during the bake time so that it doesn't burn.
Pour a little applesauce into a sauce dish (or one of the cute plates that Becky and Ian gave you) and sprinkle the crumbles over the top. When cool, store remaining crumbles in an air-tight container. I think I'll keep mine in the freezer until I want to use them again.
Another time I would have put a little GF vanilla bean ice cream on top also. It was probably a good thing I didn't have any on hand in my moment of weakness.
P.S. I always wonder why people usually have a negative first reaction to the words 'gluten free.' I think people don't like the sound of the word 'gluten.' But it's kind of like saying, 'poison free.' And you never hear anyone saying, 'Oh please, don't leave out the poison!' So why wouldn't they be happy to hear that their food is going to be free of that scary stuff, 'gluten!' Such a puzzle.
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