Easy Apple Crisp Recipe
This easy apple crisp recipe is the ultimate cozy summer and fall dessert. Warm cinnamon apples topped with a buttery crispy topping.
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Servings 6 servings
Ingredients
Apple Filling-
- 2 1/2 lbs apples peeled and sliced
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ Tbsp cornstarch
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 ½ Tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Apple Crisp Topping-
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans or walnuts optional
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter cold and cubed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Peel and pit the apples. Slice into even sized slices, about 1/8 inches thick.
- In a casserole dish or cast-iron skillet, add the sliced apples, sugar, vanilla, cornstarch, vanilla, cinnamon and lemon juice and mix until the apples are fully coated.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, pecans, and salt.
- Add the cold cubed butter to the dry ingredients and with your hands or a dough blender mix in the butter to incorporate, mix until the mixture is crumbly. (Don’t overmix — you still want some chunks of butter. It should be crumbly, not smooth.)
- Add the apple crisp topping over the apples, sprinkling evenly over all the fruit.
- Bake at 400°F for 40-45 minutes, until the topping is golden brown and juices are bubbling around the edges. Remove it from the oven and cool it for 5-10 minutes.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, yogurt, or plain.