Apple Crisp

This is the best Apple Crisp recipe! It's full of fresh sliced apples, creates a fruity cinnamon-sugar sauce while it bakes (like apple pie filling), and is topped with a crunchy crumb topping.

Author Amber Brady

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 35

Total Time 45

Yields servings

Ingredients

Apples:

6 cups (558 g) apples, (Fuji, Gala, or other), peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
½ cup (100 g) brown sugar, gently packed
1 ½ Tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
1 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp cold water

Crisp Topping:

⅔ cup (54 g) old fashioned oats
⅔ cup (80 g) all-purpose flour
½ cup (50 g) brown sugar, gently packed
½ tsp salt
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, (1 stick) cold

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 9x9-inch square baking dish or deep 9-inch pie dish with cooking spray.
APPLES: Peel, core, and thinly slice apples. Place in a large bowl. Toss with brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and water. Set aside to macerate (release juices).
CRISP TOPPING: In a separate bowl, combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Stir together. Cut in the butter with a fork or pastry blender. Use hands to help the crumble mix together. (I like to clump it into chunks.)
Pour apples and any juices into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle/clump topping over apples.
Bake at 350˚F for 35-45 minutes until the apples are tender, the crisp has browned, and the filling bubbles in the center. NOTE: Cover the pan with foil if the crisp browns faster than the filling bubbles in the center (not just bubbling around the edges). Check around the 25-30 minute mark.
Allow apple crisp to cool slightly before serving. Sauce will continue to thicken as it cools. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, if desired. Store leftovers covered at room temperature for a few days or up to a week in the refrigerator.

Notes

*Bake time will depend on the type of apple used (how crisp or soft it is) and how thick or thin you sliced it. Time will also depend on how thick or thin the apples are spread in the size of pan used. Start checking doneness around 30 minutes.

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