Baked Crimson Gold Apples

Ingredients

• 7 cups organic crimson gold apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter or margarine
• 2 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large baking dish, combine apples, lemon juice, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
3. Pour water over apples.
4. In a separate bowl, prepare the topping: combine flour, oats, brown sugar, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon.
5. Using a fork, cut butter or margarine into topping mixture.
6. Once mixture resembles coarse crumbs, spread over fruit mixture.
7. Bake 50 minutes or until topping is golden brown.