recipe

What You'll Need:

  • 2 cups sliced and peeled Granny Smith apples
  • 2 cups sliced and peeled Rome apples
  • 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 cup low-fat milk
  • 1 tbsp. molasses
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 2 ounces day-old Italian or French bread, torn into 1/2-inch pieces
  • Cooking spray
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup chilled butter, cut into small pieces

Step by Step:

  1. Preheat oven to 350º.
  2. Combine apples and lemon juice in a large bowl. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg; toss well.
  3. Combine milk, molasses and vanilla in a medium bowl. Add bread to milk mixture; toss to combine.
  4. Add bread mixture to apple mixture; toss to combine.
  5. Spoon bread mixture into an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray.
  6. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.
  7. Combine flour and brown sugar; cut in chilled butter using a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles small pebbles.
  8. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over apple mixture.
  9. Bake at 350º for 40 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
  10. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Yield: 6 servings.


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