Since I have a lot of apples, and I can get more for a very reasonable price at least through Saturday, I began with an Internet search for Apple Desserts. Why I had not thought of Apple Crisp on my own, I don't know, but those recipes seemed the best option. The first one I looked at called for flour and no oats, so I decided against that one. The next one used a little white sugar and cinnamon mixed with the apple slices while one prepared the topping, so I followed that recipe pretty well, except I used coconut sugar [my Japanese sister had given me some of that] in place of the white sugar. The other change I made was to use peanut butter as the fat. I have not bought any butter or margarine while I have been out here, and I did not think that olive oil would be the best substitute. On the other hand, yesterday when I opened a new jar of natural peanut butter I had poured off the separated fat to save for other uses, and had decided to try to just keep the solids on the shelve, and not refrigerate. It occurred to me that the instructions to "Stir and refrigerate" were not so much to preserve the peanut butter--after all, I do not refrigerate my not-natural peanut butter--but to keep the oil from separating out. The peanut butter I have been refrigerating has gotten quite solid, a lot like butter, so I thought I would give it a try. I also subbed in wheat berries for the flour it called for.
I made the first crisp using just one apple, to see how it turned out with the coconut sugar and peanut butter and wheat turned out--and I cooked it in the microwave. Despite some errors in method, it turned out just fine--so I ate it all for breakfast! Then I thought I really should make a batch and refrigerate it and see if it was OK cold. That batch turned out to be the basis of my supper--and it was quite tasty also, even though I used a different variety of apple [Gala, not Fuji].
I still was checking out other types of recipes, and the one that caught my eye was Pressure Cooker Apple Crisp. The good part of that was that in the pressure cooker I could make a bigger batch, which would be smarter for the uses I needed. I used three types of apples--Gala, Fuji, and Red Delicious. Again I subbed in wheat berries for the flour, and since neither the coconut sugar nor the peanut butter had negatively impacted the taste of the first batch, I went with them. That batch was the winner. It was good warm, and it was good cold. It made a nice amount, so if I did not eat any more before Sunday, I could probably just use that batch--but I think it will be used up by then! Anyway, I will be making several batches over the next couple of weeks, and I will enjoy having this available.
Today was again Mission Conference, and the choir did well on If You Could Hie to Kolob. It was nice to get to hear the speakers again, and pick up on a few things I missed yesterday. After the conference we had practice, which ran a bit late. We began practicing Christmas pieces in earnest--two modern carols in addition to the Ukrainian Bell Carol [which is such fun!].
It was close to 6:30 when I returned to the Library, which was not very well utilized, so I worked some on my own things, for a while, then helped with closing duties, and even made sure that one of the Level One certifications had been completed appropriately.
I talked twice with my Sweetheart, but missed a call from my youngest, because I was still at the Library. Tomorrow I am sure we will talk, and I will do laundry and go to the temple.
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