apple crisp.

i am obsessed with yummly. obsessed. a coworker turned me onto it not quite a week ago and my life has been changed ever since. for those who don't have a coworker in the know… yummly is basically pinterest, but just food. just food. it's kind of amazing.
yesterday morning, after my baby had gone down for her morning nap and before my husband had woken up from his blissful, late, glorious, slumber (envious i am), i had a moment need to bake. i had some apples that i was going to use for a baked apple dessert, but never had, so i looked up a quick apple crisp recipe. it's totally normal to eat apple crisp for breakfast. it's basically oatmeal. basically. the recipe that i ended up finding was adapted from happymoneysaver and it was damn good.

first…

apples, butter, brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, apple pie spice, lemon (not pictured)

 per usual, i took liberty with the recipe starting with the apples. it calls for 2.5 cups, but i had 4 apples, which amounted to more than that and i don't think i would've used less at all, but i like an apple-y crisp. i also like having a variance of textures, so i typically cut my apples in different widths. next time, i think i'll do more thicker pieces to thinner, as my husband was saying it "wasn't dry enough".

 i added the juice of one little lemon and about a tsp or 2 of apple pie spice (just enough to slightly coat the naked apples).

mix the spices, oats, flour, and brown sugar.

stir in the cup (!) of melted butter...

till it looks like this. it's very much like a cookie dough.

dollop onto of your apples and put into the 375 degree oven for 30-40 minutes, until golden brown. i had mine on a sheet tray just in case there was any spillover. there wasn't… but i wouldn't take the chance.

ta-da!!! so good. so, so good. 

if i had my druthers, i would've whipped up some cream with a little powdered sugar and vanilla or maple extract… or a big ol' scoop of ice cream. because adding dairy to the equation is only rounding out the whole balanced breakfast thing… right?