Today's Tip: Crock Pot Apple Crisp - Light and Delish!

Last weekend my in-laws were here and I wanted to make a yummy dessert for after dinner on Saturday night. We were doing a lot during the day, however, so I needed something that wouldn't take too much time.  I remembered seeing a crock pot apple crisp recipe somewhere, so I searched for one and found a keeper!  This came from allrecipes.com, and it was adapted from Weight Watchers.

A couple of other modifications:
1) I swapped out the white sugar for pure cane sugar, and the flour for white whole wheat flour. 
2) We served it with frozen yogurt, however, I would recommend Vanilla over the Coffee flavored yogurt I accidentally purchased. The Coffee was okay, but a nice Vanilla Bean would be better!
3) 2 Tablespoons of apple pie spice is a lot - you might want to reduce this to 1 tablespoon, and then add a teaspoon or two of cinnamon.

Healthy Crock Pot Apple Crisp Recipe

Serves about 8.

Ingredients: 

• 7 cups peeled, chopped Granny Smith apples
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup pure cane sugar
• 3/4 cup flour (I like the Ultragrain brand of white whole wheat flour which I found at Wal-Mart)
• 1 tablespoon corn starch
• 2 tablespoons apple pie spice
• 1 tablespoon apple butter
• 4 1/2 tablespoons regular butter
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, optional
• Dash of salt
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• Ice cream for garnish

Directions: 

1. Place chopped apples in the bottom of a slow cooker. Add apple butter and lemon juice and stir to coat the apples. Mix together the corn starch, 1 tablespoon of apple pie spice and the 1/4 cup regular white sugar. Mix well. Pour mixture over the apples and stir to coat.
2. Sprinkle walnuts over the apples and mix well.
3. In another bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, second tablespoon of apple pie spice and salt. Cut in butter using a pastry cutter until mixture is crumbly like sand.  Sprinkle the topping over the apple mixture until they are all covered.
4. Set slow cooker to low and cook for about 4 hours, or until apples are tender and soft. If you make this over night, be sure your slow cooker turns off after it’s done cooking so the crisp doesn’t burn.

Nutritional information per serving (about 1/2 cup)

Calories: 275
Fat: 8 grams
Carbohydrates: 42 grams
Fiber: 4 grams
Protein: 2.6 grams
Weight Watchers Points: 7