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Food, Uncategorized, Women

Apple crisp recipe

Hannah Lucio

I have loved making Apple crisp for the longest time. Our family just went apple picking last weekend and it was so much fun. Here is the recipe that I made. Hope you try it out, it is now our family favorite. Our son loves to cook with me….or eat what I’m trying to make ha ha

   
 

Ingredients:

10 medium apples

1/2 cup white sugar 

1 Tbsp all purpose flour

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp allspice

1/2 cup water

1 1/2 cup oats (I used regular not quick oats)

1 cup flour

1 1/4 packed brown sugar

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup butter, melted
Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Place the sliced apples In a large mixing bowl. Mix the white flour, cinnamon and allspice together and sprinkle it on top of the apples. Mix the apples thoroughly to make sure all apples are coated. Place apples in a 9×13 inch pan or oven safe pan similar to that size. Pour 1/2 cup water in the pan, I tried not to our it on to many apples. This is so the apples stay coated and the water helps the apples bake better. 

In mixing bowl; mix oats, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and melted butter together. Mix with a wooden spoon until it is all “wet” looking.  

 
Sprinkle oats mixture over apples, make sure it is evenly spread. 

  
Place in preheated oven and bake for 45-60 minutes. Apples should be soft. Mine took 60 minutes because I cut apples a little bit thicker. Just check yours at 45 minutes and gauge the cook time from there. 

Take out and enjoy! We love our hot and with vanilla ice cream. 

  

Enjoy and live simple!


 

Uncategorized, Women

Apple picking and family fun at the farm

Hannah Lucio

We had our first “outing” here in Virginia since we moved here a few months ago. We wanted to do a fun family day and came across Great Country Farms in Bluemont. They had a lot to offer at the farm so we picked that place to go. It took us about 45 minutes to get there and it was an incredible drive. There wasn’t a part of that drive that was ugly or yucky to drive through. I believe we found a new location to live when we buy a house again. The new homes here are incredible and you get so much! The prices aren’t the cheapest for new homes but I’d rather get a new home here than California any day. I never thought I’d say that but it’s true!  This just a glimpse of how gorgeous the drive was.  

land, farms, cute towns and amazing homes on this drive
 
 
one lane bridge
 
When we got the the farm you have to pay admission but since my husband is a veteran we all got in for free. I absolutely love places that recognize veterans, you’d be surprised by how many place only give discounts to active military. The first place we went was straight to the tractors. Our son love all boy things, seriously.   

  
Then off to the cow ride that gets pulled by a tractor.  

 
They were excited ha ha. 

They climbed the tire hill 

 
And so much more to list. The last place we went was on the tractor so we could go pick apples. This was our first time picking apples and it was fun but so fast. We were exhausted from the farm fun and it was the hottest part of the day. Here are a few pictures to show you how much he loved the tractor ride. 

   

  
   

He was hot so I took his shirt off for the ride back. 

 
We got a bunch of apples and their apple cider donuts.  

 Holy macaroni the donuts were so darn good. I need to learn how to make them. The first thing I made with our apples was Apple crisp. So darn yummy!!! I’m going to post the recipe next.

I highly recommend this farm if you are looking for a fun place to go with the family. We are hoping to go back for Halloween fun. 

Love life and live simple