Posted by sherry on April 25, 2001 at 22:59:14:
APPLE-RHUBARB CRISP
Oats, brown sugar and walnuts team up with cinnamon and cloves in the terrific streusel topping for this homespun treat.
Topping
3/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
1/2 cup old-fashion oats
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
Filling
1/2 pounds Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about
4 cups)
3/4 pound rhubarb, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 3 cups)
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt
For topping
Mix first 5 ingredients in medium bowl. Rub in butter until mixture begins to clump together. Mix in nuts. (Can be made 1 day in ahead. Chill.)
For filling
Preheat oven to 400°F. Combine apples, rhubarb, sugar, flour and vanilla extract in large bowl and toss to coat. Transfer apple mixture to 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish.
Sprinkle topping evenly over fruit. Bake until fruit is tender when pierced with knife and topping is crisp, covering with foil if topping is browning too quickly, about
45 minutes. Cool 20 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Serves 6.
Bon Appétit
March 1996