Stops the apple from exploding- it swells when heated- however if you are peeling some skin from the top of the apple perhaps you are achieving the same thing. I made these last Monday- so quick, easy and delicious. I think my kids make them at camp too. Man I am so hungry now!!!!!

Ok- apparently addition of nuts make it a crisp? I have always added almonds etc to my crumble topping. On the other hand I have never seen ready made crumble mixes unlike the apple crisp mixes I always see in the produce sections here. When I told a neighbour, who was fretting that she didn't have her mix, that she…

and score around midline of apples with knife before stuffing and baking. You could possibly bake small apples in muffin tins with a liner.

or almonds, or dried cranberries, or shredded coconut.

I like to use any oat, nut fruit , museli, granola type cereal and extra slivered almonds in the crumble. It's delicious with greek yohgurt for breakfast.

Pink lady is the perfect apple!

I have one of these- it pays for itself this time of year !

no..not apple crisp.

The sugar in the crumble will caramelize and can burn easily. On the one hand you don't want sodggy crumble and on the other- you don't want burnt. I'd suggest putting foilloosely on top if it is looking as if it is going to burn when reheating.

Go ahead- don't peel those apples. Report back to us once you have removed skins from teeth . OR core apple, do shallow cut at midline around apples (not from top to bottom- the equator), then stuff with crumble mixture. Bake. enjoy.

nope- not a cobbler. ( you are seeminly unaware that there ae entire websites devoted to distinguishing between cobbler, crisp and crumble LOL)

peaches, also can add raspberries and black berries to any crumble. Chokos are a traditional "extender" fruit when you don't have enough peaches for eg. They take on the flavour of other fruit they atre cooked with. I don't like them but I imagine some people might even enjoy bananas. The best is rhubarb- that is the…

"AAaaawww you are so siiiilwwwy". Who's silly? It ain't the otter. My guess- they are standing too close to it's burrow and it is trying to lure them away " a la bird wth broken wing" or it wants food and is getting cross when it's learned behaviours (rolling around exposing vulnerable throat areas, previously being…

Really- $10/day. Sounds fair to me.

If you have a laptop- you do not need a TV!

The shower/toilet/sink in close confines is not unusual in Asia. I lived in a large apartment in Singapore and my bathroom aws like this . My bedroom was much bigger and I think mine was probably intended as the maids room. I've also stayed in French hotels where there were shower/sink/toilet combos like this too.…

I still recall seeing this happen 14 years ago in a Borders (Barnes & Noble?) in Singapore- except the mother used a plastic bag. What "pissed" me off about her doing this was that she was about 20 steps away from the Ladies toilet. If your kid can't hang on or you can't be sure of finding a bathroom for he/she to…

nope- THAT one is VERY EXCITING!

I took my girls into the catbus at Studio Ghibli last February. I SO wanted to get on that thing. One of the highlights of the trip (and there were so many) was seeing a Panda bus. A PANDA BUS!

my first thought- wow, they are thrilled?