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Spicy Autumn Apple Crisp
by Jes Mostek
serves: 8
  Tart, flavorful apples meet their match with crumbly and crunchy autumn-spiced topping!
Ingredients:
  7   apples
  1/2 c.   butter, cold
  1 1/2 c.   Rice Krispies cereal
  1/4   milled flax seed, optional
  1 c.   quick oats
  2 tsp.   cinnamon
  1/2 tsp.   allspice
  1/2 tsp.   cloves
Directions:
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Pour a spoonful of cooking oil in the bottom of a 9" x 13" baking pan or similar-sized casserole dish.

Peel and slice the apples. Spread the apples in the bottom of the baking dish.

Crush the rice cereal (roll a rolling-pin over a cereal-filled bag, or simply use your hand crush it in the mixing bowl). Then add the flax seed, oats, and spices. Stir.

Using a pastry knife, cut the cold butter into the oatmeal mixture until the pieces of butter are pea-sized and evenly distributed.

Bake for 40-60 minutes, until the apples are bubbling up at the corners of the pan, and the topping is evenly browned and crisp.