Apple Crisp Recipe
Apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, butter, and oats?
Welcome to the essential ingredients of an apple crisp, one of the most simple and easy of apple desserts!
This apple crisp recipe comes from my friend Sue Jackson of Littleton, Mass. She introduced it to me years ago and it has since become a favorite.
Easy Apple Crisp
One of the reasons I love this apple crisp recipe is how easy it is to make. It’s as no-fuss as you can get.
To make it, you just layer sliced peeled apples that have been tossed with lemon juice and vanilla in a baking pan. Then top the apples with a mixture of brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and oats, and bake!
Truly one of the easiest of apple desserts.
It’s the crunchy topping that makes the apple crisp “crisp”. The brown sugar, oatmeal, and butter topping mixture caramelizes while it bakes, giving you a blanked of crispy, caramel-y wonderfulness over the baked apple slices. So good!
Use an Apple Peeler Corer for prepping apples
What’s your favorite way of prepping apples for pies, cobblers, or crisps? I highly recommend using an Apple Peeler Corer Slicer. Using one is a quick and easy way to process a lot of apples in just a few minutes.
Leftover apple crisp for breakfast
Just like a slice of apple pie makes the best breakfast, so does this apple crisp! Make extra for leftovers, and serve a spoonful on top of a bowl of yogurt.
Do you have a favorite way of preparing apple crisp? If so, please let us know about it in the comments.
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Apple Crisp Recipe
PrintIngredients
- 7 tart apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
Method
1 Preheat oven to 375°F.
2 In a mixing bowl, combine apples, lemon juice, and vanilla. Toss to combine.
3 Layer apple slices in baking pan: Layer sliced apples in a 9 x 12-inch (or approximately the same size) baking pan.
4 Make topping: Combine brown sugar, cinnamon, and oatmeal in a bowl. Cut in the butter. Sprinkle sugar mixture over apples.
5 Bake: Bake at 375°F for 45 minutes or until topping looks crunchy and apples are tender.
Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
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Yummy, yummy, yummy! Lovely caramel-ly topping. The vanilla gives a subtle and smooth undertone. I added some lemon zest which sparked up the Cortland apples. I will definitely add this to my favourites!
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I made this as a last minute dessert for my gluten free dinner guests. It was an absolute hit! I would highly recommend this recipe!
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I compared this recipes to a few others, this seemed the easiest…so tried it. I added a few tablespoons of flour and have to say this was delicious! Will definitely add it to my recipe collection. I like this better than apple pie. Your site has not steered me wrong.
Delicious and easy to follow. I added more oats and chopped walnuts to topping, less butter, ground nutmeg (1 tsp.).Then I added craisins with the apples.
Yummy. This is a recipe that you can change slightly every time.
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