Apple Crisp with Bourbon Crème Sauce

Easy Gourmet February 2011 Dish

When it’s cold and gloomy and you’ve got the blizzard blues, some warm, gooey comfort food is always a wise pick-me-up. The fun twist on this dish - is the crispy corn flakes in the mix. And tell me, who doesn’t love apples in the winter to remind us of days to come! The total yummy end is the bourbon creme sauce topper.

Ingredients:

• 5 apples peeled and sliced

• 1 cup brown sugar

• ½ quick oats

• ½ cup all purpose flour

• ½ sugar coated corn flakes

• 1 ½ teaspoons 5 Chinese 5 spice

• 1 stick of butter

• Juice of 1 lemon

• 1 pint good vanilla bean ice cream

• ¼ cup bourbon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Peel and slice all apples. Melt butter in microwave. Blend together all dry ingredients and butter. In buttered cast iron pan, layer ½ the apples. Sprinkle ½ of flour/butter mixture, then layer remainder apples and top with mixture. Juice lemon and pour over the top. Bake 35 minutes.

Bourbon Sauce: Melt ice cream in microwave, mix in bourbon.

To serve:

Drizzle bourbon sauce on plate, add wedge of crisp, pour a bit more over top – Enjoy.