It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like FALL!!!

Enjoy a little Wynton Marsalis on the awesome jazz standard, "Autumn Leaves," while you read! 

(Man, this piece is genius! It blows my mind every time!)

Fall has arrived! My favorite!!! The weather is cooler, the air is crisper, and my senses are all a buzz for cinnamon spice, pumpkin anything, and warm apple crisp! The latter is what inspired this post, in fact!

I walked in the door from opera rehearsal tonight ITCHING to bake something fall inspired! I knew I had graham crackers to work with, so I Googled "graham cracker recipes." That lead me down the path of wanting to make some kind of apple crisp, but I only had applesauce to work with. NO PROBLEM! Behold, the most delicious, easy fall dessert EVER! It literally took me 5 min. to throw together!

There's no title for it. But my housemates lovingly entitled it "Fall in a Bowl" (it makes your taste buds do a little happy fall dance!)

Here's my take on the recipe...I adjusted a few things to my liking!

Ingredients:

2 cups applesauce (cinnamon, preferred. If plain, add cinnamon to it!)

1/3 cup brown sugar (the original called for 1/2 cup and it was a bit much)

1/3 cup chopped nuts

1/3 cup oats (mixed with a little wheat germ if you have it. If not, no biggie!)

1 cup roughly crushed graham cracker crumbs

1/4 cup butter (or margarine) softened
Cinnamon for garnish

Whipped topping/ice cream (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Pour applesauce in a 9X9 pan.

In a bowl, mix brown sugar, nuts, oats, graham crackers, and butter. 

Sprinkle on top of applesauce.

Sprinkle on a bit of cinnamon if so desired!

Bake for 15-20 min. until the top turns golden.

Serve warm in a bowl (it's not thick enough to hold itself together on a plate).

TA DA! So good. So fall!

I'll be sure to post more of our Halloween house decorations once it's daylight and I snap some photos! Go bake!