Apple Crisp

6 apples - peeled, cored and sliced

2 tbsp white sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup old-fashioned oats

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup cold butter

Preheat oven to 350.  

Toss apples with white sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon in a medium bowl to coat; pour into a 9" pan.

Mix brown sugar, oats, flour and 1 tsp cinnamon in a separate bowl.  Use a pastry cutter or two forks to mash cold butter into the oats mixture until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs; spread over the apples to the edges of the baking dish.  Pat the topping gently until even.

Bake in preheated oven until golden brown and sides are bubbling, about 40 minutes.

Banana Apple Muffins

4 tbsp butter
1 egg
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup brown sugar or brown sugar Splenda
1 tsp baking powder
3 - 6 ripe bananas
1 1/2 cups flour
3 - 4 apples, peeled and diced
3 tbsp cinnamon

Mash bananas. Add butter, brown sugar and egg; beat. Add remaining ingredients, mix thoroughly. Place in greased loaf pan.

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. (Normal sized muffins take about 20 minutes - mini muffins about 8 or 9.) Cool before eating. Delicious, different and very moist.

And FOR PETE'S SAKE (this is directed at me) DON'T put them in muffin cups. They stick to the paper very badly.

They don't raise much, so even filling the muffin tin almost to the top is ok.