Get ready to wow friends, family, and yourself when you make the best apple crisp recipe with a warm apple filling and addictive crumble oat topping. Even better, you'll make it in just 5 easy steps with just 10 minutes of prep when you follow my step-by-step guide below.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple crisp
Servings: 10
Author: Beth
Ingredients
Apple Filling
7cupspeeled & sliced apples6-7 large or 8-10 small apples, I recommend Granny Smith, Jonagold, Honeycrisp, Braeburn, or Pink Lady,
½cupbrown sugar
¼cupcornstarch
1tspcinnamon
½tspnutmeg
Topping
1cupold fashioned rolled oats
½cupall-purpose flour
½cupbrown sugar
½tspcinnamon
½tspsalt
½cupunsalted buttercold and cut into pieces
Instructions
Apple Filling
Peel and chop or slice about 7 cups of apples. Cut the apples into 1 inch by 1/2 inch cubes or slice into ½ inch apple slices.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. In your baking dish (use can use a 8×8 inch pan, 8 inch round pan, 9×9 inch pan, 9 inch round pan, 7×11 inch pan, basically you can use any dish that is 2 to 2.5 quarts) combine the apples, brown sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and nutmeg. Toss with a spoon or spatula to combine.
Topping
In a mixing bowl combine the old fashioned rolled oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and cubed cold butter. Use your fingers or a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the mixture. Mix until it's “sandy” in texture, it’s okay if there are pea sized clumps of butter! Use your hands to squeeze the mixture together.
Use your fingers to break the topping into clumps and evenly distribute the topping all over the apples.
Bake for 40-45 minutes. Check to see if the crisp is bubbling and if the topping is golden. If those two things have not occurred, bake for 10-20 additional minutes. The bake time will depend on what size of pan you used. I baked my crisp for 60 minutes in an oval 7×11 inch pan. Allow the crisp to cool for 10-15 minutes. This allows the juices to thicken, then serve.
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Notes
What Size Dish to Use
You can use any dish that is 2 to 2.5 quarts for this caramel apple crisp. All of these options will work: