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Apple and oatmeal pie is a unique dessert worth trying.

Ingredients

• 5 cups cooking apples, peeled and finely sliced
• 2 tsp. lemon juice
• 3 tbsp. granulated sugar
• 3 tbsp. all purpose flour
• 2 tsp. grated lemon rind
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 unbaked, 9 inch pie crust bottom

Preheat oven to 425° F. Place apples into a bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice. In another bowl, combine sugar, flour, lemon rind, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix well. Sprinkle apples with mixture and coat well. Pour into unbaked pie crust bottom.

Garnish

• ¼ cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 3 tbsp. instant oatmeal
• 3 tbsp. whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tbsp. butter
• ¼ cup plain yogurt

Mix brown sugar, oatmeal, flour and cinnamon in a bowl. Add butter and yogurt. Mix until mixture is lumpy. Spread over apples.Bake at 425° F. for 15 minutes, lower heat to 350°F and continue baking for 30 to 35 minutes until garnish is golden. [8 servings]

If you love oatmeal, try a recipe for oatmeal cookies. They're delicious and kind of good for you! See the Oatmeal Cookie Recipe.

• 1 pie crust
• 1 cup of raspberries, fresh or thawed
• 1 banana, sliced
• 4 eggs
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup ground almonds
• 2 tbsp. melted butter
• 1 cup 2 % milk, warm
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp. banana cream
• ½ cup all purpose flour
• 1 tbsp. icing sugar

Preheat oven to 300° F. Place pie crust in a 9 inch pie pan and garnish with raspberries and bananas. Set aside. In a bowl mix eggs, sugar and butter. Add milk, vanilla extract, banana cream and flour. Mix well. Pour mixture over fruit and bake in oven for about 45 minutes. Let cool and sprinkle with icing sugar. Be sure to add this dessert to your fruit gift basket this year.

[ 6 to 8 servings ]

• 1 shortbread pie crust
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 3 egg yolks, beatened
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup flaked coconut, toasted
• 2 medium bananas
• Lemon juice
• Whipped cream

In heavy saucepan, dissolve cornstarch in water, stir in milk and yolks. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat; add butter and vanilla. Cool slightly. Fold in coconut. Slice bananas; dip in lemon juice and drain. Arrange on bottom of pie crust. Pour filling over bananas; cover. Chill 4 hours. Top with whipped cream. Garnish with toasted coconut. Add this to your gift baskets this year and surprise people with your unique sense of baking.

• 12 round vanilla cookies
• ½ lb. light cream cheese
• ½ cup honey
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• ¼ cup plain yogurt
• 2 tbsp. ground almonds
• lemon rind, grated

Place 12 paper cupcake molds in a muffin pan. Place a cookie in each.

In a food processor, mix cream cheese, honey, egg yolk, lemon juice, yogurt and ground almonds. Fill each mold with mixture and place in freezer for 2 hours.

Before serving, decorate with lemon rind. [8 servings]

Too sweet for tarts? Try baking cookies!