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Apple Crisp is a wonderful dessert made by peeling, coring, and slicing apples,

topping them with a flour, butter, and sugar combination, and then baking it in the oven.

At the end of this video, there'll be a list of the ingredients and equipment needed to make this recipe there are hundreds of varieties of apples by six large or

eight medium apples that are both tart and crisp like Brayburns granny

Smiths or Macintosh there usually signs above the apples telling you if

they're good for baking pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees.

Start by making the crumble topping.

Put in a large bowl, one cup of flour, one cup of sugar, a half a teaspoon of salt,

a teaspoon of ground cinnamon, and a quarter teaspoon of ground nutmeg.

Cut up 10 tablespoons of butter into small pieces and add them to the bowl.

Using two kitchen knives, one in each hand, start slicing everything together.

You could use a pastry blender, but two knives work just as well.

This should end up looking crumbly, not mushed altogether into a solid mass.

Set this bowl aside while you prepare the apples. Be sure to wash the apples.

Peel all the apples with a vegetable peeler. A peering knife would work but not as well as you

would end up peeling away too much of the apple. There are several ways to remove the core.

You could cut around the core by just making four vertical cuts with a knife. Or you could cut

the apple in half and then

with a pairing knife cut out the center and the base of the core. Never hold the apple in

your hand if you do it this way. If the knife slipped, you'd end up cutting your palm. A melon

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