September is National Apple Month, and what a better month to celebrate apples?  There is no apple better than one fresh from the tree, and what a beautiful sight to see bushels-full of an array of colors lined up at your local farmers market.  Fresh, sweet, and crisp, apples are full of vitamin C, flavanoids, and antioxidants. What a more refreshing snack than a cold apple on the last remaining warm days of the year?

Want a little more out of that apple? If you make a trip to the farmer’s market this weekend, or have some apples ripening on your own tree, try out this delicious recipe for Raw Melissa’s Fresh Apple Crisp.  Enjoy!

Apple Crisp

2 Granny Smith apple, diced

½  C walnuts, broken into pieces

1 C rolled oats or hulled buckwheat or oat groats (process if using last two)

½ C golden raisins

4 T coconut oil

4 tsp. agave or honey

1 tsp. cinnamon

½ -1 tsp. salt

Set apples aside. Mix rest of ingredients together. Put over top of apples and dehydrate until warm, or mix into apples and eat right away.

And one more thing on apples:  Check out this great article on Gravenstein apples, and find out why it is considered one of the best eating and baking apples. http://tinyurl.com/3r2wnxw