Crockpot Apple Crisp

Ingredients used:

--9 smallish apples

--1/4 cup butter

--1/3 cup brown sugar plus another 2 T for crumb topping
--1/4 cup orange juice

--2T vanilla extract

--1 cup crumb topping:

since we're gluten-free, I used GF gingersnap crumbs mixed with crushed Perky-O's. You could use anything that you normally use for a crumb topping---smashed cereal, graham crackers, oats, cookies--whatever.

Preheat your crock on high, and butter the inside of the stoneware. Chop up the apples and plop them in the bottom and cover with the remaining ingredients. Cube your butter.

Toss the orange juice, cubed butter, brown sugar, vanilla and apples together.

Smash up your topping of choice and add 2T of brown sugar. Layer on top of apple concoction.

Cover and cook on high for approximately 3 hours, or until apples are sufficiently tender.

If you like your crumb topping crunchy (I do!) broil the uncovered stoneware on the lowest rack of your oven for 4-7 minutes.

Serve with vanilla ice cream.