Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Peach, actually.

Hope I am not endorsing a product - and if I am it is without compensation (an issue that needs attention) - but, here is an endorsement:

I have been using a Kroger's brand of cereal called 100% Natural Cereal (very creative isn't it?) with oats, raisins and honey.  On the back of the package is a recipe for "Apple Crumble".  I tried it and we found it to be delicious.  Very easy to prepare.

I made a couple of tweaks to the recipe though even the first time around - usually, I'd give a recipe enough credit to do it verbatum the first time and then add my flair or preferences the second time though.  But, I did it my way.  Here's the recipe Kroger's way with my changes noted beside the original listing:

5 tart apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced (I used 4 Granny Smith apples)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons grated orange peel (used one large navel orange)
1 1/2 cups cereal
1/2 cup flour (all purpose)
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar (I used light brown sugar)
1/2 cup butter or margarine softened (obviously you want butter)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In a large bowl place sliced apples; sprinkle with lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon, and orange peel.  In a medium bowl combine cereal, flour, brown sugar, and butter; stir together until crumbly.  Place apples in 9 inch baking pan (how about a 9" deep-dish casserole dish that you have greased lightly with butter - "deep" as in at least 4" tall), sprinkle with cereal mixture.  Bake for 30 minutes to 35 minutes or until golden brown.  Yields 6 servings (not really - try 4 nice ones).

Here's another tweak:  Follow the same recipe but use 4 peaches, skinned, pitted and thinly sliced.  Thinly sliced is a key to both these recipes (about 1/8 inch thin or even less if you can do it without carving up your fingers.  A mandolin (not the one you play like a guitar) would help.  Skip the orange peel and use a shot glass full of good orange juice, a teaspoon of vanilla extract and 3/4 cup of light brown sugar and no refined white sugar.

Both turn out a very delicious fruit dessert -- cobbler-style.  Could have added a scoop of ice cream for added calories.  I liked it as is.  We eat the cereal anyway and I discovered this on the back of the package ... admit it, you read cereal boxes too!  In my groggy morning state, its all the reading depth I can muster.

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