September 18, 2008

My Baby..It's getting bigger now..9mo to go...





Last pictures of him, still very little..now, you can see how big he is now..Naughty?? Hell he become..but still we LOVE him So much!!! Adorable...

We love you Achilles.....!!!

Apple Raisin Crisp

After quite long time, since my last post..I had a chance to make something good, easy, and super quickly! Indeed, it only consumed my time less than 2 hours..(starting from the beggining, corring the apples, chop..chop...chop.., stir-up all the ingredients, pour into the pan). Okay...not wasting more time, we go to the recipes first...Oh, one thing i shall tell..i've made some changes from the original recipe, coz to me the ori one was way too sweet (well..it's american style recipes, so you know how they adore sweet things ryt??!). I served them warm with scoops of vanilla or cinnamon ice cream...Taste wonderful for dessert...it won't dissapointed!


* Apple Raisin Crisp *

Ingredients:
  • 5-6 all-purpose apples, peeled, cored and sliced (here i use Grany Smith, the best apple for bake..according to me..but, it's all up to you if you wanna use other type).
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tablespooon Corn flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup raisin, soaked them in rum, overnight

For the Crisp :

  • 2 cups quick-cooking oats (You may use Muesli or other grains/oat)
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 cup butter, cut in, then crumbled
  • pinch of salt


Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degree C). Prepare 9 inch square pan.
  2. I saved my time with using food processor, just peel, core the apples then put them in the food proccessor. Do not crush them too soft.
  3. Mix the apples with sugar, corn flour, raisins, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg together. If there's some rum left (from soaked rum with raisin), just put them into the mixture. Set aside while prepare the crisp dough.
  4. Combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, pinch of salt, chopped butter together. Mix with hands or spatula just until crumble.
  5. Put some thin layer of crumble at the base pan, pour over the apple mixture, pour evenly on top of it with crumble dough. Bake for about 45-60 minutes. Look until the crumble changed into golden colour.
  6. Serve warm with vanilla or cinnamon ice cream.