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Montreal Recipe: Maple Apple Crisp Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine

An elegant and simple dessert best made with fresh Quebec apples bought at an open-air market in the fall, and with local maple syrup from the can. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

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Ingredients:

7 apples (Honeycrisp or Cortland are great), peeled, cored, and sliced
1 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375ºF (190ºC). Place apples in an eight-inch-by-eight-inch baking pan, or a pottery flat-bottomed bowl. Toss apples with syrup.

In a separate bowl, mix together flour, oats, sugar, and salt. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle mixture evenly over apples.

Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes, until topping is golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Servings: Serves nine.

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