Apple Crisp

Yum, yum, yum. Who doesn't love fall? It's the time of soups, stews, crock pot recipes galore, and of course, APPLES! This Friday Dr. and Mrs. Hock (my in-laws) came over for dinner. For dessert I decided to make apple crisp... delicious! The recipe is Mrs. Hock's to begin with, but I modified it (just slightly) to make it even healthier!!!! Enjoy :)

Ingredients:
1 cup white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups rolled oats
1 teas ground cinnamon
1/2 ground nutmeg (if you like nutmeg flavor, you can add almost a full teas)
2 teas wheat germ (optional...it's just a really healthy ingredient, but it isn't needed)
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups butter
4-5 large apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
2 teas lemon or lime juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, oatmeal, cinnamon, nutmeg, wheat germ and brown sugar. Cut butter into mixture until crumbly. (Important: make sure the butter is room temperature and very soft. Do not have it melted though. Also, make sure you use "cutting" motion to incorporate. Cutting is using a fork and knife and pulling it apart through the mixture. This keeps it crumbly rather than mixing which will form a big lump.)

Put half of mixture in bottom of 8x8 or 9x9 greased pan. Cut apples in thin slices and place in separate bowl. Add lime or lemon juice and toss. Then layer apples on top of the oatmeal mixture. Finish by adding the remaining oatmeal mixture on top of apples. Cook for 45-50 min until top is just turing brown and apples are tender. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.