Pressure Cooker Apple Crisp

Serves 6 in about 28 minutes. A pressure cooker recipe built around juice ½ lemon and old fashioned oats.

Ingredients

• 7 medium apples (about 9 cups chopped)
• Juice of ½ of a small lemon
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¾ cup apple juice, or cider
• ½ cup butter, softened
• ½ cup flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 ¼ cups old fashioned oats

Method

1. Spray the bottom of the pot with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Wash, peel, and cut the apples into large chunks (about 1 ½"). Tip in them to the pot.
3. Stir in the lemon juice and toss the apples in it.
4. Scatter the cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and sugar over the apples. Toss together.
5. Stir in the vanilla and apple juice. Stir.
6. Tip in the butter, flour, salt, brown sugar, and oats to a mixing bowl. Use a pastry cutter, or your hands to mix together until combined, and makes small clumps that hold together.
7. Stir in the topping mixture to the pot, loosely, covering the apples. Don't stir.
8. Set the lid on the pot and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
9. Press the Pressure Cook/Manual button or dial, then press the +/- button or dial to select 1 instant. High pressure. The pot will take several minutes to come to pressure.
10. When the cook time is finished, turn the steam release knob to the Venting position to do a Quick Release of the pressure.
11. When the pin in the lid drops back down, you can open the lid. Turn off the pot.
12. At this point, use oven mitts to remove the inner pot to a heat safe surface. Leave it to the apple crisp stand for a few minutes to cool a bit and thicken a little more. You can serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
13. If you want to crisp up the topping, dish servings into oven safe dishes and broil on 450° for a few minutes. Alternatively you can transfer the entire pot of apple crisp to a baking dish and broil for a few minutes to crisp up the topping.

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