Apple "Surprise"

For our "Garden to Table" night we spotlighted a couple different apple dessert recipes.
Simple me made a quick and easy Apple Crisp. Then when we began sampling the tasters table, I saw that Sister Cox had several dishes that looked like more Apple Crisps. Was I Surprised (see below for the surprise ingredient)...

Here is the one I threw together:


APPLE CRISP

4 apples -peeled, cored and chopped
1 dash ground cinnamon
1 dash ground nutmeg
1/2 cup walnuts
1/2 cup pecans
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons butter, diced
1 pinch salt

Place apples in pie pan and dust with cinnamon and nutmeg. Cover with foil and bake for 20 min.
In a food processor chop nuts with a few pulses. Pour in sugar and flour and process to combine. Add butter and salt and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle topping over apples.
bake for 30 min at 350 or until golden brown.

Now since I think a recipe is only a suggestion. This is what I did, and it tasted great! I dumped a bottle of apple pie filling that I had bottled the week before. All of the spices were already in it. Then we threw some walnuts over top and put the flour and sugar topping over that. Then dabed it with butter.

Here is the recipe of the ones Sister Cox made, with the Surprise ingredient:


Zucchini Crisp
5 c. Zucchini or summer squash, peeled, seeded, sliced or chopped
similar to the way you do apples for pie (the large, overgrown squash
work best)
1/2 c. sugar combined with 1 T flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp each of clove, nutmeg
1/4 c. lemon juice
3/4 c. water or apple juice
combine ingredients; bring to boil in covered pan, then uncover and
simmer for 10 minutes

Crumb Topping
1/2 c. oatmeal
1 c. flour
1/2 c. soft butter or oleo
1/2 c. brown sugar
Mix with pastry blender until crumbly. Place zucchini mixture in 9x13
ungreased glass pan. Cover with topping and bake at 350 for 45 min.
Cool and refrigerate.

You would have to see and taste it to believe it!  I did, and I still can't believe it was squash. It looked and taste just like apples. I believe she used Patty Pan Squash. However, as you can see from her instructions, you can use whatever you have. Just slice it up like an apple.