Usually side dishes that are on the sweet side do not interest me at all, but this particular one has passed my lips and made me a very happy person. I love it for the holiday season and have made it numerous times thanks to my sister-in-law who shared the recipe. The fresh cranberries make this a tart dish yet the apples and sugar tame down the cranberries. As I type the word tart it makes me smile. My students ask me all the time, “Why do use such large and unfamiliar words?” I really don’t think that I do. “What should I say instead of tart?” I asked. “Sour will work just fine.” They make me laugh!
This is so easy! Try it as a side for your holiday meal and you can thank me later! Enjoy.
Cranberry-Apple Crisp
Bake at 350 degrees – 1 hour Yield – 8 generous servings
- 4 cups chopped tart apples I remove the peel
- 2 cups raw cranberries
Place in a greased 9 x 13 in. pyrex dish. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup of sugar
Topping
- 1 stick melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups oatmeal
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup of chopped pecans
Mix together and spoon over cranberries and apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
Happy Thanksgiving,
The Teacher Cooks
The Teacher Cooks 
I went home and made this for a food day that week. Everyone loved it a lot!
I will make sure to make this delicious for the holidays. 😉
I learned that tart apples make it taste better than sweet apples.
I would never have thought before that you would need flour for this recipe.
It doesnt look like it but this is very simple to make. I dont even like pecans really but i liked this dish.
I wish we actually got to do this one for a lab. It was delicious when you did the demo for it.
I didn’t know the word tart was a “large and unfamiliar” word.
I learned that fresh cranberries is what makes the dish tart.
I didn’t know we make you laugh…. that’s precious!
This was really good demo, i didnt think oatmeal would be that good but i did actually like it.
i didnt know this dish would be so crunchy
This was so good and very easy to make.
This tasted really great, it seems more like a dessert to me. The best dessert are the tart kind. 🙂
I never knew that you had to add flour to make the oatmeal stick.
Learned that Cranberries and apples make a good mixture of a sweet and tart dessert
I learned that the fresh cranberries will make the dish more tart.
I don’t like cranberries, but I learned this is a really easy dish to make
I learned that it was really simple to make!
OMG!!!!!! I love the apple crisp it was so amazing.
Haha I loved that conversation about the tart-ness. I didn’t know cranberries could make such a great side-dish. I made this for my parents and they wouldn’t leave me alone about it.
I learned that the cranberries made it sour.
i learned how simple it is to make!
Tart apples will give the Crisp a better taste than a sweet apple
i discovered a new flavor that cranberries have when baked!.
cranberries are an awesome dish its also good when tou add brown sugar but in this case i have never heard of this recipe so it is new for me
I learned using tart apples make it taste better.
I learned you had to bake this for at least an hour on 350 degrees.
you need alot of sugar
i learned that it is better to use tart apples rather then sweet apples
I learned that cranberries and apples make a good combination together
i learned that u have to have 2 cups raw cranberries
This seems really simple. and really good! ilearned using tart appples makes it taste better
I didn’t realize that cranberries give recipies a tart taste.
I learned that the apples and sugars tame down the cranberries.
I dont really like cranberries but this was really good.
i learned you have to use 1/3 cup flour
I learned that Cranberries and apples make a good mixture of a sweet and tart dessert!!
I didn’t realize that cranberries give recipies a tart taste.
I wouldn’t have thought of oatmeal being in this recipe, but it tastes really good with it.
I learned that cranberries could actually be tasty.
I learned that sour apples make the crisp better than sweet apples!
i learned cranberry’s and apples taste good together
I learned that fresh cranberries make the dish more tart.
This looks really easy to make and it looks good
I thought this was so good, so I made some at home. I learned that it tastes best as a dessert.
i learned you can use tart apples instead of sweet apples to bring out the flavor.
this was an interesting lab to do.
I loved the tartness of this dish and learned that its becaue of the cranberries!
fresh cranberrys complete this dish dont they
I learned to use tart apples to bring out the flavors.