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Easy Apple Crisp

Easy Apple Crisp

Jennie Duncan
This Easy Apple Crisp has a thick and sweet layer of apple filling that's topped with brown sugar and oat crumble. Baked in the oven and served with cold vanilla ice cream on top.
Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Calories 301 kcal

Ingredients
  

Apple Filling:

  • 2 pounds Granny Smith apples
  • 3 tablespoons Butter
  • 2 tablespoons Flour
  • 3 tablespoons Apple juice (no sugar added)
  • 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup Brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon

Crumble Topping:

  • ½ cup Flour
  • ½ cup Old fashion oats
  • ½ cup Brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Cornstarch
  • ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • cup Butter (cold and cubed)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a small casserole dish with non stick cooking spray or butter. 
  • Start by peeling, coring, and slicing your thinly slicing your apples. Place them in a large mixing bowl. Melt butter and pour over apples. Toss until apples are coated.
  • Add remaining apple filling ingredients (flour, apple juice, lemon juice, vanilla extract, brown sugar, cinnamon). Toss again until apples are coated. Place all apples in prepared casserole dish.
  • For your topping add flour, oats, brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt to a mixing bowl. Whisk together until well combined. Add butter and use clean hand to pinch and press until you have a crumbly texture. Add this topping to your casserole dish.
  • Bake for 30-35 minutes or until topping is golden brown and apples are tender. Let rest for 10-15 minutes then serve. 

Notes

Do I have to peel my apples?
I've made this recipe both ways with peeled and unpeeled apples. You can do it however you like. Unpeeled apples do add an additional texture to the apple crisp cause the peels do not get as soft as the apples will during baking. One thing to make sure you do is if you are not going to peel your apples, wash them well the natural wax on the fruit is cleaned off. This will make sure the peel also coats well for the filling.
Take your Apple Crisp to another level by adding these to it:
One thing I sometimes will add to my apple crisp topping is finely chopped pecans or walnuts. Adding nuts to the topping really brings an additional excellent flavor to this dessert.
Right after it is baked and out of the oven, drizzle some caramel sauce over the top to add a nice additional sweetness to the Apple Crisp.
While I used whipped cream for this recipe, a scoop of vanilla ice cream is amazing on top.

Nutrition

Calories: 301kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 2gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 185mgPotassium: 181mgFiber: 3gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 430IUVitamin C: 5.9mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Apple Crisp, Easy Apple Crisp
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