Homemade Apple Pie Filling

• 1 apple, large dice
• 1 12 teaspoons dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
• 1 12 teaspoons oats
• 12 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
• 1 pinch salt

1. Preheat broiler to HIGH.
2. In a small oven-proof dish or cast-iron skillet, place the diced apple in an even layer.
3. In a small bowl, mix the butter, brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, and salt with a fork or your fingers.
4. Once this mixture comes together to the consistency of a thick paste, take small amounts and top the apple pieces with it.
5. Place this under the broiler, stirring the mixture every 2-3 minutes so that the sugar does not burn and so the apples are evenly coated with the sugar/butter mix.
6. Once the apples are fork tender, or once they can be easily smashed with the back of a spoon, they are done.
7. From here, you can either keep the apples whole and bake it in a crust as a pie (you'd probably want to double, triple, or even quadruple the recipe if you plan to use it for a pie.)
8. OR --
9. Put the warm mixture into a food processor and pulse the mix until it forms as chunky sauce.
10. You can use this as a dessert dip, a filling for crepes, or a spread on toasts.
11. Basically, you can do whatever you want with the mix, whether it's been processed or not, it's delicious nonetheless.
12. Enjoy!

apple, brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, unsalted butter, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/homemade-apple-pie-filling-277724 (may not work)