Quince Crisp

Photo: flickr user cgwtwentythree

Ingredients

4 cups peeled, cored and sliced quince (4 quince)

cup firmly packed brown sugar

cup stone-ground or all-purpose flour

cup oatmeal, uncooked

teaspoon ground cinnamon

teaspoon ground nutmeg

cup melted margarine (½ stick, see note)

Preparation

Lesley Morris discovered that she could substitute quince for apples in this recipe. "The flavor is a cross between an apple and a peach, and it's quite wonderful," she said.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Place the quince in a buttered 8- or 9 inch square baking dish. Blend brown sugar, flour, oatmeal, cinnamon, nutmeg and margarine together until crumbly.

Sprinkle on top of the quince. Bake for 30 minutes. Or, in a microwave-safe dish, microwave 20 minutes on high, turning once during baking.

Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

Frozen variation: Extra quince can be peeled, sliced and frozen in quart containers. For a quick dessert, empty a quart of partially thawed quince into a baking dish, sprinkle with topping and bake. Add 5 to 10 minutes to the baking time.

Note: Use only real margarine (80 percent fat) or butter. Lower-fat spread products may not produce best results. -

Ground Flour" by Arlene Kovash and Marcie Anderson