Oh, children and the things they will say. Like “My mom says you can’t come over ’cause you’re a bad influence” to a friend’s daughter. OH THE HORROR.
So after eating some crow, I barely had room for dessert. But I had made these Cran-Apple Crisps for Tuesdays with Dorie and I had to make room, and I’m glad I did.
These lovely crisps are made with fresh apples and fresh and dried cranberries. I used a mixture of Granny Smith and Honey Crisp (my new favorite) apples. The only change I made was to use walnuts in the crisp mixture instead of coconut, which I thought made a great substitution.
The sweet apples and tart cranberries were very tasty together in these crisps, and a scoop of ice cream added just a little more sweetness. I highly recommend it.
This Tuesdays with Dorie pick was brought to you by Em of The Repressed Pastry Chef and you can find the recipe there.
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Your crisp looks wonderful! Good idea adding the walnuts. Can’t wait to make this one.
That looks just amazing! We loved it at my house.
Looks great! Can’t wait to try it!
Ah, the things our children say – don’t ‘cha just love ’em? Glad you had room for dessert, though – this was really good!
It looks great! This is on the menu for dessert tonight – I can’t wait to try it!
I keep hearing about Honey Crisp apples. Looks like I’ll have to do some searching around town so I can try them out. Your crisps look delicious, too!
The crisp looks delicious. I cringed when I read about eating crow, but hopefully the crisp made the experience a little bit better.
Open mouth…insert foot…so funny…glad you liked the crisp..I will make it next week.
Out of the mouth of babes…you never know what there going to say!
Your crisp looks so good. Im glad you enjoyed it. I plan to make it sometime this month!
Oh our children have such a nice way of humbling us.
The crisp does look good. And it looks like a nice way to wash down the crow.
I am sure the crisp was much tastier than eating crow. 🙂 I am going to make this Thanksgiving week. Yours looks great!
Your crisp looks so tasty, especially with those beautiful cranberry juices flowing over the sides. A side of ice cream doesn’t hurt one bit, either!
Outstanding, as usual. Thanks for this one to try asap.
Steve
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I can’t wait to make this crisp (hoping to do so tomorrow night) and I might try putting the molasses cookies on top instead of the oatmeal. I like your walnuts idea. Yours looks great.
Oooh, that sounds good!
OMW I am laughing hysterically at the Out of the Mouths of Babes part of this post…that is too funny. Your crisp looks wonderful and that bit of ice cream floating on top makes me feel like licking my lips and heading the kitchen to make some more for tonight as we do have ice cream right now! Great post, thanks for the laughs.
Yep, don’t those “babes” teach us a few lessons. Sorry about the crow but wow the crisp looks delicious and I’m so glad you loved it. Me too! Also, let me say I really love your home page. Just very neat and clean and to the point without a boatload of clutter. Thank you! Original in appearance, at least to me. Awesome. Thank you for stopping by for a visit.
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Oh, I love hearing the stories of my nieces and nephews….it scares me what I will probably endure as well 😉 But at least you had something to wash the crow down with 😉 Looks amazing….we loved it too!
Oh MY goodness! Your crisps look SO good! I can’t resist baked desserts that bubble over like that..and with ice cream? SHAZAAM!!!!!
Your crisp looks really delicious. Walnuts sound good–I may have to try them next time. (I used pecans instead of the coconut.)
Walnuts sounds like a great substitution!
This looks so delicious – I wish I could make it but it’s not really portable so I can’t take it to work. Isn’t this month’s TWD selection fabulous!
The crisps look fantastic! I don’t think the coconut added much, so walnuts were a good call.
Your idea about walnuts makes me think of using pecans which I personally like a little better. Glad you enjoyed the crisp. Yours look terrific.
Hmmm…walnuts would be a great addition. I made the chestnut cake this week and this one sounds easier and tastier!
Kids are fun, yes? My Mom still reminds me to this day when I told her best friend about the secret baby shower Mom was preparing for her…which was to be on the very next day! I still recall the shocked look on my Mom’s face ~ and hoped to never see ‘that’ look again.
Your crisp looks absolutely delicious! I made the crisp earlier in the month and loved it too. A holiday must recipe =)
looks like a perfect dessert to me! Glad you had room!
Oh yeah, ice cream even makes crow taste good. And the crisp was pretty darn good too!!!!
Your crisp looks delicious! Especially with a little scoop of ice cream. Love the layout of your blog!
I can’t imagine how much crow you had to eat with your friend! Your cran-apple crisps look fabulous – I love the juice overflow too! =)
The crisps look wonderful and I’m sure they were MUCH more tasty than the crow you had to suffer through. Take care!
I’m swooning over your crisp and even though I’m trying to steer clear of too many sweets (diet. dun-dun-dun.) I think I’ll reward myself a bit today and make this, again. Yum.
I made these this week and they were fabulous!