Zucchini Crisp (Viral TikTok Recipe)

A classic crisp dessert with a surprise: it’s zucchini! You’ll never know the difference and you’ll get to use up all that zucchini before we get into the fruitful apple harvest.

Zucchini Crisp

by @barefootmimosas

Ingredients
Crust:
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter, cubed
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Filling:
5 cups zucchini, peeled, seeded, diced
1/3 cup lemon juice (or mix with lime juice)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Recipe summary: mix together crust ingredients until it resembles sand. Set aside 1.5 cups. Press remaining crust into baking pan. Bake at 375F/190C for 12 minutes. Cook zucchini with lemon juice. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook, covered for 8 minutes. Add sugar and spices and cook covered, until liquid is reduced to a syrup. Add to baked crust. Cover with remaining crust. Bake for 40 minutes.