Last Updated October 12th, 2021 at 10:00 am by Lisa
Bake an Apple Crisp with a sweet crust, caramelized apples, and a streusel topping. Serve this apple dessert with ice cream and caramel sauce.
This apple recipe is a classic Fall dessert in America and is wonderful for the holidays or Thanksgiving. It comes together faster than a pie made from scratch.
The crumble topping gets a little crisp in the oven, what a delicious dessert...
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You Will Love This Apple Crisp!
- This recipe is made with simple ingredients, most you might have on hand.
- Tastes amazing.
- The crust, filling, and crumble topping are incredible.
- Served with coffee, it's divine.
- A fast dessert for after dinner with ice cream and caramel sauce.
- No pie crust to fuss over.
- It's definitely an easy apple crisp recipe.
- It's ready in just over an hour.
- It keeps great refrigerated for several days, if it lasts that long!
- Many other kinds of fruit crisp recipes can be made from this recipe, try peaches, berries, or pears in place of the apples.
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Lets Make It!
crust and streusel topping
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt ¾ cup butter in microwave.
- In a medium size bowl, add 2 cups flour, ¾ cup old fashioned oats, ¼ teaspoon sea salt, ½ cup brown sugar, ½ cup white sugar, and ¾ cup melted butter.
- Spray a 9 x 9 baking dish with non-stick spray like coconut oil.
- Reserve 1 cup of mixture for the streusel topping.
- Press remaining crisp mixture into bottom dish using the bottom a 1 cup measuring cup.
apple mix
- Wash apples, peel (you can leave the peels on if you prefer) and slice into ½" small pieces. Set into a medium size bowl.
- In that bowl, add ½ cup sugar, 2 tablespoons corn starch, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg.
cooking the apples
- Cook the apples on medium-low heat for 3-4 minutes. Stir constantly, they will thicken. Don't leave them alone or they can burn due to the sugar. The apples and ingredients will become "sticky" and look like a caramel sauce. Remove from heat.
- Let the apples cool for about 10 minutes, and give them a good stir. Spread them evenly onto the packed crust. Sprinkle 1 cup of topping all over the top.
- Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
- Serve with scoops of vanilla ice cream and or drizzle with caramel sauce.
Traditional or Old-Fashioned crisp streusel/crumble topping is typically a crumbled mixture of several ingredients. Sprinkled on top of the apples, and then baked until slightly crisp.
These are the recipe classic ingredients:
Old Fashioned Oats
All-Purpose Flour
Brown Sugar
White Granulated Sugar
Cinnamon
Butter
Salt
Honeycrisp apples are super huge, juicy, sweet, firm, and tart which makes them a top choice for a crisp.
Granny Smith apples are great in crisps and pies. They have a slight tart flavor that balances perfectly with the sweet crumble topping, and hold up well during baking, and are a classic choice.
These are classic apple varieties and top favorites. Some fall into the firm-tart category, and some the firm-sweet. You can even use a combination of the two listed below for apple crisp.
Esopus Spitzenburg
Northern Spy
McIntosh
Idared
Pink Pearl
Ginger Gold
Golden Delicious
Jazz
Jonagold
Pink Lady
More Apple Desserts
An Apple Crumble Pie made with homemade Pie Filling, "foolproof" crust, and a crumble topping make this one scrumptious recipe. Some people also call this a Dutch or French Apple Pie.
Salted Caramel Apple Dip has crisp green apples, salted caramel sauce, and crushed Health bars. A beloved recipe and pot-luck party hit for Thanksgiving, Halloween, and all through Autumn.
As people dig in for another bite, they will ask you for this apple dessert recipe...I promise...
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Apple Crisp Recipe
Ingredients
crust and streusel topping (reserve 1 cup to sprinkle on top)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup old fasioned oats
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup butter melted
caramelized apples
- 4 cups apples sliced - Honeycrisp, Granny Smith or Mac Intosh
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 tablespoon butter soft
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- vanilla ice cream or caramel topping optional
Instructions
crust and streusel topping
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt ¾ cup butter in microwave.
- In a medium size bowl, add 2 cups flour, ¾ cup old fashioned oats, ¼ teaspoon sea salt, ½ cup brown sugar, ½ cup white sugar, and ¾ cup melted butter.
- Spray a 9 x 9 baking dish with non-stick spray like coconut oil.
- Reserve 1 cup of mixture for the topping.
- Press remaining crisp mixture into bottom dish using the bottom a 1 cup measuring cup.
caramelized apples
- Wash apples, peel (you can leave the peels on if you prefer) and slice into ½" small pieces. Set into a medium size bowl.
- In that bowl, add ½ cup sugar, 2 tablespoons corn starch, ¼ teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg.
- Cook the apples on medium-low heat for 3-4 minutes. Stir constantly, they will thicken. Don't leave them alone or they can burn due to the sugar. The apples and ingredients will become "sticky" and look like a caramel sauce. Remove from heat.
- Let the apples cool for about 10 minutes, then give them a good stir. Spread them evenly onto the packed crust. Sprinkle 1 cup of topping all over the top.
- Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
- Serve with scoops of vanilla ice cream and or drizzle with caramel sauce.
This is our favorite apple crisp recipe! So easy to make and absolutely delicious- perfect for Thanksgiving!
What an incredible apple crisp recipe, our whole family loves this recipe and we make it every year in Fall. The topping is incredible!
So glad your family made the recipe a tradition Betsy, hope you make it a few more times this year!