In this week’s parsha, Moshe explains the laws of justice and doing battle. One of the laws is not to destroy trees in the field. This also ties to Elul, a month where we try to grow in mitzvot. Since some trees bear fruit, let’s make a delicious fruit crisp this week.

Ingredients:

For the filling:

Fresh or frozen fruits like apples, peaches, plums and cherries

Sugar

Lemon juice

For the topping:

½ cup rolled oats

1 cup all-purpose flour

½ cup light brown sugar

Salt

12 tablespoons melted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 F.

2. Coat a 9×9 inch pan with a little of the melted butter. Toss fruits with sugar and lemon juice. Combine oats, flour, sugar and salt, stir, and then drizzle in melted butter and vanilla extract until crumbly.

3. Sprinkle over the fruit mixture, bake in the oven for 35 minutes, Let cool before serving.

YUM!

Sarina Ross is a fourth grader at Ben Porat Yosef. She loves to cook and bake.