Fruit Crisp - no sodium

More recipes for the season. Here is a zero sodium sweet. While the it is a salt removed recipe. Calories are not significantly affected. It beats the store processed in that too as, in addition to being no sodium, it does not have the added fat that many use to stabilize the mixtures.

Works with any fruit filling you would like. You can use low fat, low Calorie margarine in place of butter but all of these would add salt to the treat.
Fruit Crisp

mg	Calories	qty	unit	ingredient	pct vol
0	300	1	cup	oatmeal - long cook	12%
0	300	3/4	cup	flour - all purpose	12%
0	0	1	tsp	baking powder	0%
0	600	6	tbsp	butter - unsalted	6%
0	540	3/4	cup	brown sugar	12%
0	360	1/2	cup	white sugar	8%
0	260	4	cup	fruit (apples used)	47%
0	200	1/4	cup	chopped walnuts (alt)	4%
Label compare ingredients: fruit, sugar, oatmeal, flour, butter, walnuts, baking powder Makes about 16 servings 2x2 squares. 2360 Calories w/o walnuts, 0 mg sodium total, thus the per serving is about 150 Calories and 0 mg sodium per square serving. This compares to 200 Calories and over 150 mg sodium for square of store purchased or other similar fruit crisp products.

Mix together oatmeal, flour and brown sugar. Add nuts if desired. Cut butter to small sections. Stir mixture until uniform. 

In another bowl, mix fruit and white sugar together. 

Using vegetable shortening, grease an 8" square pan. Spread 1 tbsp of flour over the grease and move flour around so that thin layer residue remains. This will help in removing the crisp from pan later. Throw any excess flour away or use in other cooking (qty lost is small). Spread half the crumb mixture on bottom. Cover with fruit mixture. Spread remaining crumb mixture over top. Makes 16 2x2 squares = 16 servings. 147 Calories without walnuts, 160 with, and no sodium is involved.

Bake at 350 deg Fahrenheit for 45 minutes. Serve warm or cold.