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November 26, 2014

Slow Cooker Cranberry Apple Crisp (with a secret ingredient)

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Tart, sweet, hot and crispy.  This slow cooker apple crisp with festive, fresh red cranberries is a perfect dessert served with a large scoop of vanilla ice cream.  It has a secret ingredient that makes the crumb topping extra special!
Slow Cooker Cranberry Apple Crisp (with a secret ingredient)

Ever since I made these muffins with a crumb topping that was made with crunchy Grape-Nuts cereal I knew that I wanted to make an apple crisp recipe with the Grape-Nuts too.  They just give an extra crunch and loads of texture.  This is perfect for the slow cooker since things don’t really stay very crisp because of the moist environment.  And besides the crunchy cereal topping there is fresh, red, tart, and festive cranberries!  They really add another dimension to this apple crisp.  You’re going to love it!  Make sure you have a carton of vanilla ice cream on hand because it’s just not the same without it!

slow cooker recipe for apple crisp with tart, fresh cranberries
Slow Cooker Recipe for Cranberry Apple
Crisp 
Makes 10 servings
Ideal slow cooker: Casserole Crock
Cooking time:  2-3 hours on high or
3-4 hours on low
7 tart apples (such as Granny Smith),
peeled, cored and sliced
1 cup fresh cranberries
1 Tbsp minute tapioca
1/3 cup white sugar
2/3 cup quick oats (or if you prefer you can use rolled oats)
2/3 cup Grape-nuts cereal
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
Vanilla ice cream
1.  In a large bowl, toss the sliced
apples, cranberries, tapioca and white sugar together.  Layer in the
bottom of slow cooker.  (I used the crock shaped like a casserole dish but
you can just use an oval slow cooker if needs be).
2.  In a separate bowl, add the
oatmeal, Grape-nuts, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter.  Use a
pastry blender to cut the butter into the mixture.  The butter should be
pea-sized when cut in properly.  Sprinkle the mixture over the apples.
 
3.  Cover and cook on HIGH for 2-3
hours or on LOW for 3-4 hours.  
4.  Scoop a serving into a bowl and
top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

P.S.  Have you purchased my new cookbook yet?
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