Red Velvet Wisdom

A few years ago I was at Jessica’s house and she said her mother had made apple crisp and I should have some.  Now, normally there isn’t a dessert you can keep me away from.  However, what I didn’t tell Jessica at the time was that I HATE apple crisp as a general rule.  The ones I have had usually have a granola type topping on them, and for some reason they just never appealed to me.  But being a good guest, I of course was going to have some of Sara’s apple crisp.  All it took was one bite for me to be an apple crisp convert.

This was sweet and crunchy and gooey and everything that a dessert should be.  It has flavor and texture and well there isn’t enough blog space in the world for me to go on and on and on about how much I love it.  So now, here it is, so that you can become a convert too!

First, you will need the following:

• 2 cans of apple pie filling
• 1 box of yellow cake mix
• 2 sticks of butter (melted)
• cinnamon
• chopped pecans
• lemon juice

In a rectangular baking dish (13×9 would be fine) pour both cans of apple pie filling.  Lightly sprinkle lemon juice over the top of the apples.  Then take your cinnamon and sprinkle liberally over the top of the filling.  This really is according to your personal taste so I am not putting a measurement on here.  Pour the box of yellow cake mix evenly over the filling, then over that, pour the two sticks of melted butter.  Top with the pecans.  Again this is your own taste.  I like a LOT of pecans so I used a little over 2 cups, but the little 2 cup bag would have been fine.  Then sprinkle some more cinnamon on top of the pecans, and place in a 350 degree oven for 40-45 minutes.  When it’s done, it will look like this……

In theory you should let it cool before you eat it, but that’s just not realistic!

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