Apple, Cranberry and Pear Crisp

This delicious dessert uses a few different seasonal fruits. To make it, preheat your oven to 375 F. Combine granulated sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, orange juice, ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg in a bowl, then add sliced apples, sliced pears, and dried cranberries. Mix these ingredients together, then pour them into a baking dish. In another bowl, combine brown rice flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, melted butter, salt and vanilla extract. Add the flour mix to the fruit mix, then bake for about 45 minutes. 

Poached Pears with Cranberries

This dessert is a great option when you want something lighter than cake, bread or pie this fall. Start by bringing cranberry juice to a simmer in a saucepan, then adding halved pears, ground pepper, cinnamon sticks, and vanilla extract. Cover the saucepan, and cook these ingredients for about 10 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat, and add fresh cranberries. Set aside for an hour, and mix honey and Greek yogurt in a small bowl. Pour the juice and fruit mix into dessert dishes, then top with the honey and yogurt mixture before serving. 

Apple Pumpkin Muffins

For this tasty dessert, preheat your oven to 375 F. Stir whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, pumpkin pie spice, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, mix eggs, buttermilk, canned pumpkin, unsweetened applesauce, cooking oil and brown sugar. Combine the apple and pumpkin mix with the flour mix to form batter for your muffins. Pour the batter evenly into muffin cups, then bake for about 25 minutes per batch. Cool the muffins for about 5 minutes before serving. 

When you don’t feel like baking or cooking at home, our community in Chicago, Illinois, has a couple of restaurants on site. Please contact us to learn more about other community and apartment amenities at our apartments in Chicago.

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