Apple Treats

Apple Crisp

6 apples
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg

Topping
¼ cup butter or margarine (4 tablespoons)
1/3 cup sugar
¼ cup flour
½ cup quick oatmeal, uncooked
1 bread heel, chopped fine
½ cup nuts, chopped coarsely
non-stick cooking spray

Caramel Apples

50 caramels (1 bag)
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional)
1 pinch cloves (optional)
5 apples
5 popsicle sticks
1 sheet of aluminum foil
non-stick cooking spray

Apple Cider

Per (large) Serving

2 cups unsweetened apple cider
¼ cup orange juice
1 tablespoon honey
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1 cinnamon stick

Apple Crisp

1. Peel and slice apples. Sprinkle lemon juice over the apples and toss to coat. (Lemon juice will prevent the apples from turning brown.)
   
2. Mix together sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and add to apples. Mix again.
   
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
   
4. Combine margarine, sugar and flour in a mixing bowl. Cut margarine into sugar and flour until mixture is crumbly.
   
5. Add oatmeal, bread and nuts and mix thoroughly.
   
6. Spray a 10x10 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Pour in apples. Spoon topping evenly over the apples.
   
7. Place in hot oven and bake until topping is brown (approximately 20 minutes).