Apple and Pear Crisp

Ingredients:

Topping

• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup Splenda Granular
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 4 Tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Filling

• 4 large Macintosh or other tart apples
• 3 ripe Barlett or Anjou Pears
• 2 tablespoons Splenda Granular
• 3 tablespoons apple juice concentrate

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2. Lightly butter a deep 2 to 2 1/2 quart baking dish.
3. Prepare Topping: Pour flower, brown sugar, Splenda Granular, cinnamon and nutmeg into a medium mixing bowl. Stir well. Add butter and mix with an electric mixer using the paddle attachment, until topping is crumbly or sandy in texture.
4. Prepare Filling: Peel, core and thickly slice apples and pears. Place them in the buttered baking dish. The fruit should be at least 2 1/2 inches deep in the pan. Add more fruit if necessary. Add Splenda Granular and apple juice concentrate. Toss until coated. Add topping.
5. Bake in the preheated oven 40 to 50 minutes or until fruit is tender and the topping has browned.
6. Serve warm with low fat vanilla frozen yogurt

Exchanges per serving: 1 starch, 1 fruit, 1 fat.

Recipe created by Gale Gand.

Recipe courtesy of Splenda, Inc. Splenda is a no-calorie sweetener made from sugar that is suitable for diabetics.