Apple crisp (name used in the United States and Canada) or apple crumble (name preferred in the United Kingdom and Australia) is a dessert consisting of baked apples topped with a crisp crust. Ingredients usually include cooked apples, butter, sugar, flour, cinnamon, and often oats and brown sugar, ginger, and/or nutmeg. Many different kinds of fruit can substituted for apples, such as peaches, berries, pears, etc. One of the most common variants is apple rhubarb crisp, in which the rhubarb provides a tart contrast to the apples.
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“One mustnt ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.”
—Gustave Flaubert (18211880)
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—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)