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This fun recipe turns summer zucchini into a delicious dessert! The brown sugar crisp tastes so good and it’s just like eating an apple crisp. Top with vanilla ice cream for a perfect summer treat!

       This lovely apple crisp doesn’t have a single apple in it.  Instead it uses some of the glut of zucchini that seems to happen every summer. I know it is hard to believe, but those zucchini taste just like apples when you follow this recipe.  In fact, this might just be the best apple crisp you’ve ever had and there isn’t a single apple in it. Just trust me and make it. Or make it to prove me wrong and see what happens. Either way, make this zapple crisp to try it for yourself!

Zucchini growers know there are phases to zucchini season. Every year it follows the same cyclic pattern.

1. Gee, I can’t wait for these zucchini to start producing.
2. Mmmmm, I sure do love zucchini bread and zoodles.
3. Won’t my friends love these extra zucchini I have?
4. My freezer is overflowing with shredded zucchini. I can make a loaf of zucchini bread every other day all winter long!
5. My friends and family say I’m no longer welcome until zucchini season is over. I just picked zucchini yesterday and there are already new ones the size of my thigh out there!
6. Man, zucchini season is over. I sure wish I could have made another batch of alfredo zoodles while we had the chance!
7. I can’t wait to plant zucchini! 

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American

Yield: 8 Servings

Author: Cooking With Carlee

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Brown Sugar Zapple Crisp

This lovely apple crisp doesn’t have a single apple in it. Instead it uses some of the glut of zucchini that seems to happen every summer. I know it is hard to believe, but those zucchini taste just like apples when you follow this recipe. In fact, this might just be the best apple crisp you’ve ever had and there isn’t a single apple in it. Just trust me and make it. Or make it to prove me wrong and see what happens. Either way, make this zapple crisp to try it for yourself!

Prep time: 10 MCook time: 1 hourTotal time: 1 H & 10 M

Ingredients:

Filling

• 6 cups zucchini
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• dash of salt
• 2 Tablespoons flour
• 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 dashes nutmeg
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup butter

Instructions:

To Prepare Zucchini

1. For medium zucchini, peel, slice in half lengthwise, remove seeds and then thinly slice. the slices should resemble apple slices. For small zucchini with tender seeds, I usually just peel and slice.
2. In a large skillet or saucepan, cook zucchini in a small amount of water for 10 minutes. Begin timing when the water begins to bubble. Remove from heat and drain completely.
3. Mix cream of tartar, salt, flour, lemon juice, nutmeg, sugar and cinnamon with zucchini.
4. Pour into a 9″ pan or small casserole. I used a deep dish pie plate.

Topping and Assembly

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Mix together brown sugar, flour and rolled oats.
3. Either cut in the butter using a couple of knives or use your fingers to work it into the flour, sugar and oats. The mixture should be crumbly when finished.
4. Spread over the zucchini, pressing in lightly.
5. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until the filling is bubbly and the topping is golden.

Calories
305.51

Fat (grams)
12.73

Sat. Fat (grams)
7.53

Carbs (grams)
46.00

Fiber (grams)
2.74

Net carbs
43.25

Sugar (grams)
28.46

Protein (grams)
4.34

Sodium (milligrams)
117.26

Cholesterol (grams)
30.50

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