Mabon Recipe: Apple Pecan Crisp

Apple-Pecan Crisp

Looking for a fruit dessert using Betty Crocker® oatmeal cookie mix? Then check out this great apple-pecan crisp recipe.

Prep Time

25

Minutes

Total Time

1:20

Hr:Mins

Makes

12

servings

2/3

cup maple-flavored syrup

1/4

cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1

teaspoon ground cinnamon

8

large baking apples (about 5 1/2 lb), peeled, cut into 1/2-inch slices (about 12 cups)

1/2

cup cold butter or margarine, cut into pieces

1

pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® oatmeal cookie mix

3/4

cup chopped pecans

1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. In large bowl, stir together syrup, flour and cinnamon until blended. Add apples; toss until evenly coated. Spread in ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish.
3. In same bowl, with pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives in opposite directions), cut butter into cookie mix until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans. Crumble mixture over apples in baking dish.
4. Bake 30 minutes. Very loosely cover with foil; bake 10 to 15 minutes longer or until apples are tender.

Makes 12 servings

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Serving)

• Calories 380
• (Calories from Fat 130),

• Total Fat 14g
• (Saturated Fat 5g,
• Trans Fat 0g),
• Cholesterol 20mg;
• Sodium 220mg;
• Total Carbohydrate 59g
• (Dietary Fiber 2g,
• Sugars 31g),
• Protein 4g;

Percent Daily Value*:

• Vitamin A 6.00%;
• Vitamin C 2.00%;
• Calcium 0.00%;
• Iron 6.00%;

Exchanges:

• 1 Starch;
• 1/2 Fruit;
• 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate;
• 0 Skim Milk;
• 0 Low-Fat Milk;
• 0 Milk;
• 0 Vegetable;
• 0 Very Lean Meat;
• 0 Lean Meat;
• 0 High-Fat Meat;
• 2 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

• 4;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Fall For Them Leaves

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Makes: 6 servings

Prep: 30 mins Cook: 30 mins

Ingredients

6 carrots, peeled and cut lengthwise in half

2 large parsnips, peeled, trimmed and cut lengthwise in half

1  rutabaga, peeled and cut lengthwise into 1/4- 1/2-inch slices

1  sweet potato or yam, peeled and cut lengthwise into 1/4- 1/2-inch slices

8  fresh sage leaves

3 tablespoons Country Crock® Spread, melted

Fresh ground black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

2. With a small sharp knife, cut vegetables into leaf shapes. Score some of the leaves with lines down the center to make them more "leaf-like.''

3. Put all of the vegetables and sage onto a parchment lined rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle Country Crock® Spread over vegetables. Season with black pepper. Toss to coat.

4. Roast in oven until golden brown and tender, about 30 minutes.

From the Test Kitchen

• Tip Substitute any root veggies you like, or whatever's available locally, for this dish.

Nutrition Facts (Fall For Them Leaves)

• Servings Per Recipe 6,
• Calories 140,
• Protein (gm) 2,
• Carbohydrate (gm) 25,
• Fat, total (gm) 4,
• Saturated fat (gm) 1,
• Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 6,
• Sugar, total (gm) 11,
• Vitamin A (RE) 2988,
• Vitamin C (mg) 30,
• Sodium (mg) 240,
• Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Holiday Drink: Frosty the Caramel Apple Pie Cocktail

Frosty the Caramel Apple Pie

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Frosty the Caramel Apple Pie

By Stephen Phillips

This festive holiday cocktail draws inspiration from decadent caramel-apple pie.

Single Serve Recipe

Ingredients:1-1/2 oz. vodka or tequila

1 oz. Hiram Walker Butterscotch Schnapps

1-1/2 oz. apple cider

1 tsp. fresh lemon juice

Apple slice for garnish

Crushed graham crackers

Preparation:First, rim the lip of a chilled cocktail glass with your crushed graham crackers.

Pour all the liquid ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Shake well.

Strain into your chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with an apple slice.

Note: Serve over ice in a large wine goblet.

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