New York State Cheddar Apple Crunch

Specialty Recipe

From Glenda Barcklow at The Genesee Country Inn

Perfect in the fall when fresh, crisp apples are plentiful. Be sure and use New York State apples and New York Cheddar cheese. They are the best! Serve warm with vanilla ice cream in your prettiest and most elegant bowls.

Ingredients

6 Rome Beauty or Cortland apples

1/2 cup white granulated sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup softened butter

1-1/3 cups sifted flour

1-1/4 cups light brown sugar

2 teaspoons lemon rind

1 cup grated sharp New York State yellow cheddar cheese

Mix apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt and pour into a buttered 9 x 13-inch pan. In a food processor, combine butter, flour, brown sugar, and grated lemon rind and process until crumbly. Sprinkle cheddar cheese and then the flour mixture on top of apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes.

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