Gourmet with Dana: Super Easy Pumpkin Apple Crisp

Pumpkin Apple Crisp
(served with fresh, unsweetened whipped cream)

Super Easy Pumpkin Apple Crisp

Ingredients:

• 8 apples (recommended: Granny Smith, Stayman, Fuji or Gala), peeled and cut into six segments each
• 1 1/2 cups of sugar
• 1 cup pecans
• 1 package Trader Joe's pumpkin granola
• 1 jar Trader Joe's Cookie Butter (If you can't find it locally, or it's too expensive for you, check out an easy homemade version here: Cookie Butter at Chow.com.)
• 1 12-ounce jar of pumpkin butter
• Cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ground cloves to taste

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  
2. Toss peeled apple segments with sugar and spices to coat; set aside.  
3. On low-medium heat, melt cookie butter until it has a sauce-like consistency.  
4. Stir in pumpkin butter and mix until well incorporated.  
5. Remove from heat and add to apple mixture; tossing to coat. 
6. Pour into a greased baking pan and smooth out into one layer.  
7. Combine pecans and granola; spread evenly over apples.  
8. Bake 30 minutes or until apples are fork-tender.

Cookie butter and pumpkin butter

Welcome back to my series, Gourmet with Dana. My sister-in-law Dana prepared many of the delicious dishes in this series as a feast for my mother's birthday earlier this month, and I asked her to share her wealth of culinary expertise.  The other posts in this series so far are:

• Shrimp Bisque {and} Salt Crusted Roast Beef with Mushrooms
• Fall Harvest Quinoa with Butternut Squash {Vegan Recipe}

• Orange Sunshine State Cake

I know this recipe has some expensive ingredients, so I improvised a more economical version at posted it here: Pumpkin Apple Crisp {Budget Version with Aldi Ingredients}

Bon appetit!

Virginia Knowles
www.VirginiaKnowles.blogspot.com