Easy Caramel Apple Crisp Recipe
Easy fall dessert and made with 7 ingredients, Baked Caramel Apple Crisp Dessert tastes like caramel apples! Serve warm with scoops of vanilla ice cream.
Servings: 12
Calories: 536kcal
Ingredients
- 8 cups Honeycrisp apples 5 large or 6-7 small
- 11 ounces caramels unwrap each caramel, cut into four pieces or buy Caramel bits
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup butter 2 sticks, melted
- vanilla ice cream optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Unwrap caramels, and cut each one into 4 small pieces. Set aside.
- Wash apples, and remove seeds/core using an apple corer slicer or knife. Cut into ½" small pieces, place into a bowl, and squeeze some lemon juice on the pieces if you are not baking right away to keep them from browning. Set aside.
- Soften 2 cubes (1 cup) of butter in the microwave for 1 minute on low heat.
- In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Combine melted butter, cinnamon, oats, flour, and brown sugar. Combine mixture until crumbly using a spatula or a pastry blender until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Spray a large 9 x 13 glass baking dish, pan or large deep cast iron skillet with non-stick spray.
- Sprinkle 3 cups of the crumble mixture into the bottom of the dish evenly. Press the crust flat with a measuring cup to the edges.
- Next, layer ½ apples, and ½ cut pieces of caramels, and sprinkle 3 more cups of the crumbled crisp mixture on top.
- Repeat the last layer with the other ½ apples, sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture on top. Decorate with the rest of the caramel pieces on top of the apples.
- Bake 375 degrees for 45 minutes.
- Serve with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
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Notes
What are the best apples for apple crisp?
Other good choices at your grocery store for the apple mixture for this recipe are both tart apples and sweet apples like Honeycrisp, Braeburn, Granny Smith apples, Golden Delicious, Pink Lady, and Jonathan/Jonagold . These are all good firm varieties that will give you the best results and are great options. Avoid baking with Red Delicious, Fuji, or Gala apples, they just don't hold up to the heat of cooking and baking.Nutrition
Calories: 536kcal | Carbohydrates: 88g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 195mg | Potassium: 282mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 53g | Vitamin A: 529IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 2mg