Eat Like a Rabbit

I added Smitten Kitchen's recipe for breakfast apple crisp to my recommended links about three weeks ago. The recipe was a use for my large batch of Michigan apples. Not surprisingly, it was amazingly good, and I'm happy to say I have a couple gallon bags full of already diced apples that I can whip this easy recipe up again and again over the next few months. I know another apple crisp will be top priority for breakfasts over the holidays.

One of the cool things about this recipe is the fact that it's actually meant to be served cold, which is a great time-saver on busy mornings. But at the same time, I heated some for trial and was in love with it, too. Turn this dish into a great dessert just by warming it and serving it with vanilla ice cream instead of eating it cold in a bowl with yogurt.

Cost for this recipe was difficult to come by because some of the items were donations from my mother, which left me without a receipt to calculate the cost. Moreover, the price of the apples was much higher than the $0.99-$1.00 sales that I've seen lately. Therefore, this recipe has some estimated calculations, but also can be made much more cheaply or much more expensively (with say, Honey Crisp apples that run about $2.40 lb. at their cheapest.)

I will say sometimes it's hard to calculate 3 lbs. of apples. I used 7-8 small Jonagolds, and that seemed perfect. Also, the recipe doesn't specify quick oats or old fashioned. We used old fashioned, which often don't come out as dark and crispy. But, I do not complain about the taste either way. I didn't have almonds or coconut, but have plenty of beautiful Mississippi pecans. I chopped up 1/2-3/4 cup (at the end) of the pecans in my mini food processor and was perfectly happy with my alternative nut choice.

Cost to Make Apple Crisp

• $4.78 Apples (Local school had them shipped in)
• $0.62 Oatmeal (Estimated cost, Mom bought the wrong kind)
• $0.45 Butter (Costco)
• $0.44 Honey (Local, friends)
• Free Pecans (From Paul's home)
• $0.40 Lemon Juice (Publix)
• $0.05 Brown Sugar (Costco)
• $0.03 Cornstarch (Walmart)
• $0.09 Flour (Publix)
• $0.16 Cinnamon (Publix)
• $0.01 Salt (Publix)
• $7.03 Total fed 4 for 4 mornings

Would you like to know what we're eating next?