Delicious Apple Crisp
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Warm, fresh out of the oven apple crisp is one of our favorite desserts!
In this recipe, granny smith apples are baked with a sweet and crunchy crumble topping. It’s a classic and timeless dessert for a good reason!
Serve with a dollop of homemade whipped cream or ice cream while it’s fresh out of the oven.
An Easy Recipe For Apples
Every time I have excess apples or berries, I look forward to making a crisp with them. Granny Smith apples are the perfect addition to easy crisp recipes like this one, a crumble or homemade pie.
- This dessert uses simple ingredients that you might already have in your pantry.
- It’s easy, affordable and delicious!
- Flour can be substituted with a gluten-free alternative to make this recipe gluten-free.
- The recipe keeps well up to 4 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
- Warm apple crisp tastes best when topped with whipped cream, ice cream or whipped coconut cream.
Recipe Ingredients
APPLES: Granny Smith and Honeycrisp apples are commonly used in apple crisp. Golden Delicious is another option. For more variety and flavor, you can also mix them together.
OATS: I recommend using old-fashioned rolled oats as they will give the best texture. This style of oat is larger and flatter and produces a lovely crisp crumble topping.
SUGAR: Brown sugar, granulated sugar, coconut sugar or lakanto monkfruit sweetener (it’s sugar-free) can be used in this recipe. We love to use coconut sugar as it has an incredible caramel-like flavor that tastes beautiful with apples (don’t worry, it doesn’t taste anything like coconuts!).
BASE: The base of the crumble contains warming cinnamon and nutmeg, along with unsalted butter and all-purpose flour. Feel free to use gluten-free flour for the recipe, which will also work great.
How To Make Apple Crisp
This recipe is quick to prepare for a fast dessert.
- Peel and slice four apples.
- Mix the oat crumble ingredients according to the full recipe instructions below.
- Place apples in the bottom of prepared baking dish.
- Top with crumble and bake 30 minutes until golden brown and apples are tender.
- Let cool 10 minutes, serve and enjoy!
Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a big dollop of homemade whipping cream. So delicious!
Recipe Tips
- Peel the apples with a vegetable peeler and use an apple slicer. Then slice each apple in half again for the perfect size.
- No need to arrange the apples in any sort of pattern, Just dump them into the dish and spread them evenly as much as possible.
- Prep the butter in advance by letting it sit on the counter to fully soften. This will produce the perfect oat crumble consistency.
- You can use a fork and your fingers to mix the crumble together. I prefer to start mixing with a fork and then use fingers to break it apart further.
More Dessert Recipes
- Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble is another easy dessert using fresh strawberries and rhubarb.
- Classic Lemon Coconut Squares have a buttery crust and melt-in-your-mouth lemony coconut filling.
- Strawberry Oatmeal Bars are sweet and crunchy with a hint of tartness.
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Apple Crisp
Ingredients
- 4 granny smith apples - Honeycrisp or Golden Delicious
- ⅔ cup coconut sugar - brown sugar, or granulated sugar
- ½ cup old fashioned rolled oats
- ½ cup all purpose flour - or gluten free flour
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter - softened and room temperature
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a square baking dish with butter.
- Peel the apples using a vegetable peeler or knife. Slice into thin strips. Remove any seeds, hard parts or skin that are on the slices.
- Add sugar, flour, oats, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt to a bowl. Mix together with a fork or pastry cutter. Then continue breaking apart the butter with your fingers. The mixture should be clumpy with butter broken into pea-size pieces.
- Add the sliced apple to the greased baking dish. Spread the oat mixture evenly on top. Bake for 30 minutes, until top is golden brown and apples are tender.
- Let cool 10 minutes, then scoop on to plates and serve with whipped cream or ice cream. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes:
- The recipe keeps well up to 4 days in an airtight container in the fridge. Leftovers can be reheated in the microwave.
- Peel the apples with a vegetable peeler and use an apple slicer. Then slice each apple in half again for the perfect size.
- No need to arrange the apples in any sort of pattern, Just dump them into the dish and spread them evenly as much as possible.
- Prep the butter in advance by letting it sit on the counter to fully soften. This will produce the perfect oat crumble consistency.
- You can use a fork and your fingers to mix the crumble together. I prefer to start mixing with a fork and then use fingers to break it apart further.
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