Good Morning!
I was going to post a nice picture of a big gooey piece of Maple Apple Crumb drizzled with caramel and sprinkled with chopped walnuts next to my morning cup. This is what I get for leaving the last piece left sit out when my youngest son comes in hungry (after work.) ~laughing~
So...you will just have to imagine it until I bake another. The last (the entire thing) descended on and gobbled up in a single day.
Anyway...here is the recipe...it it fairly simple and quick to fix.
Maple Apple Crumb
In a large mixing bowl...add
1 can prepared apple pie filling...1 tablespoon Maple syrup...1/8 teaspoon cinnamon...1/4 cup walnuts. (...can also add 1/4 cup raisins...optional)
Mix well.
Pour into an 8x8 baking pan (ungreased)
In separate bowl cut together
1 cup flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 stick butter
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon
Until butter is well distributed through and mixture is crumbly.
Sprinkle evenly over Apple mixture.
Bake at 350 until crumb mixture is nicely brown and the neighbors are dropping by to see "what you are baking".
About 30 minutes.
Serve drizzled with soft caramel and additional walnuts.
Enjoy!
So up early tracking "Frankenstorm" whose outer bands will be causing weather-related chaos as as far inland as Indiana today.
I'd climb up on my "Climate Change" soapbox this morning...but I just haven't had enough coffee yet. Remembering Sal and Karl asking me "...just how much coffee do you drink in the mornings???"
A LOT.
But to Those that doesn't believe in Global Warming/Climate Change...and to all the Tree-Huggers who pontificate that we are "Killing Mother Earth"...and to all the Rest who are busy arguing whether the whole thing is Man-Made or a Natural Occurrence/Cyclic...here is something to ponder while you are nibbling on your morning biscotti...
The Big Picture
It doesn't matter if you believe in Climate Change...because...well...to paraphrase the Christians "Climate Change Believes in You."
Mother Earth isn't always your kindly old Grandma baking cookies. Mother Earth can also be Joan Crawford on a rip in "Mommie Dearest". Mother Earth will be just fine. Homosapiens (us) maybe not so much though.
Man-Made or Cyclic...it doesn't matter...if we don't work on adapting to the new NORMAL...we are going (as a species) to be as extinct as the Dinosaurs.
The bottom line is the Extreme Weather Events
(...droughts...floods...infrastructure damage...shutdowns...fires...hurricanes...tornadoes...loss of potable water and shortage of foods caused by all the fore-mentioned...)
is a Nightmare all its Own...Personally and Economically....for this Country. Much bigger than President Obama or Governor Romney could either ever dream of being.
Just saying.
Of course, Virginia does have something to look forward to (re: the impending weeks-long power outages) no more annoying political ads on TV.
So...that is the GOOD NEWS.
Damn...now how am I going to get off this box...
((((Hugs)))
And those on the EC...Stay safe!
Until tomorrow...
