Zapple Crisp

By srumbel

If you've never tried this dessert...using ZUCCHINI! instead of apples, no one is going to believe it's really zucchini because it tastes just like APPLES!! NO.JOKE!! I've had SO MUCH FUN over the years bluffing folks who were SURE they HAD to be eating apples...NOT Zucchini!
from thebetterbaker.blogspot.com

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 8 cups peeled, sliced zucchini
• 1/3 c. lemon juice
• 1/4 c. water
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 3-3/4 c. flour
• 1-1/4 c. sugar
• 1 cup margarine, plus 4 Tb.
• (I've already cut that back from 3 sticks!)
• dash salt
• 2 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375. Cook zucchini in lemon juice & water until tender. Add sugar, cinnamon & nutmeg. Mix crust ingredients until crumbly. Use 1 cup crust mix to thicken filling. Pat 1/2 of remaining crust into 9" X 13" baking pan. Bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven, spoon filling over crust and spread evenly. Top with the rest of the crumb mixture, patting down. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake 30 minutes more.