Golden Graham Apple Crisp

A little over a month ago, a large yellow package appeared at my door labeled “Stimulus Package.”  Inside was a case of Golden Grahams (12 boxes) that I had won from a sweepstakes from General Mills.  After that, my boyfriend started entering the same sweepstakes.  After a week or two, it ended.  Then a couple weeks later, another yellow box showed up!  BigJones was almost angry that we had another 12 boxes of the same cereal, and we had only eaten through 3 boxes from the first case. 
Well, I decided instead of eating the same cereal every morning, I would try and find ways to use up the Golden Grahams in more creative ways.  So when my mom gave me a bag of apples when I last visited, I got the idea to make Apple Crisp with Golden Grahams.  It turned out pretty damn well! 

Here’s the recipe. Note: I’ve never written a recipe before, so please let me know if anything is confusing!
What you will need:

• ~1 cup Brown Sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
• 4 cups Golden Grahams, half crushed
• Additional Golden Grahams to coat top
• 6-9 medium apples
• cinnamon, to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375; grease 13X9 pan
2. In a medium mixing bowl, partially crush 4 cups Golden Grahams so that there are very few or no whole pieces left
3. Add brown sugar and butter; mix completely
4. Slice apples and layer them on the bottom of the pan and sprinkle cinnamon over them (optional)
5. Pour the Golden Graham mixture evenly over apples
6. Layer additional Golden Grahams on top as desired
7. Bake for 30 minutes or until apples are soft and slide off of a knife
8. If desired, pour 1 or 2 cups of uncooked Golden Grahams on top for an added crunch

Serve warm and enjoy!

More Tips and Things:

• I used a full box of Golden Grahams, mostly because I wanted to use them up.  If you like more apples and less “crisp”, still use 4 cups Golden Grahams in the mixture, but don’t sprinkle as much over top of that.
• This turned out to be pretty sweet because Golden Grahams are already sweetened.  If you like it less sweet, use less brown sugar (3/4 cup)

If you try this recipe, please let me know how you like it!