Old Fashioned Easy Apple Crisp
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4.9
Old Fashioned Easy Apple Crisp
Description
This apple crisp starts with peeled, chopped apples tossed with sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice to enhance their sweetness and prevent browning. The topping combines old-fashioned oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, and diced cold butter, cut together into coarse crumbs. When baked, the topping forms a crunchy golden layer contrasting the soft, bubbling spiced apples below.
The dessert is baked in an 8x8 dish until the topping is golden and the filling is bubbly, making it invitingly warm and fragrant. It is commonly served warm, often with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream to add creaminess alongside the crisp textures.
Practical notes include allowing for oven variation in bake time, storing leftovers refrigerated and reheating before serving, and options to add flour to the apple mixture to reduce excess juice. The recipe serves about 6 to 7 cups of apples and can be assembled ahead or frozen according to reader experiences.
Ingredients
Spiced apples
- 6 apple peeled and chopped (other varieties can be used, can also be sliced, Golden Delicious variety
- 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
Crisp topping
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats quick oats can be used, but it may have a slightly different texture
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- kosher salt pinch
- 1/2 cup butter diced into small cubes, cold unsalted
Instructions
Prepare
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Butter an 8x8 baking dish, or spray with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
Make spiced apples
- In a mixing bowl, add chopped apples, granulated sugar, 3/4 tsp of the cinnamon and lemon juice. Stir to combine, then transfer to prepared baking dish.
Make topping
- In a separate mixing bowl, add topping ingredients (brown sugar, oats, flour, 1 tsp cinnamon, salt, and diced cold butter).
- Use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the oat mixture, using a slight downward twisting motion, until mixture resembled pea-sized crumbs. Alternatively, you can use two forks or even your hands to cut butter into the mixture.
Bake
- Spread topping over apples in baking dish, and gently pat to even it out. Bake 40-50 minutes, until golden brown and bubbly.
Serve
- Serve warm and enjoy! We love to top ours with some vanilla bean ice cream, or whipped cream.
Notes
- The recipe yields about 6-7 cups of chopped apples, roughly from 6 medium apples.
- Oven temperatures vary; monitor baking and adjust time as needed to achieve a golden, bubbly crisp.
- Adding a small amount of flour to the apple mixture helps reduce excess juice if a less watery filling is preferred.
- Leftover apple crisp can be refrigerated, then reheated in a 350°F oven until warm.
- Though not tested by the recipe author, readers report success freezing this apple crisp for later use.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 301 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 301kcal | 15% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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4.9
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