My Favorite Apple Crisp
Picture it now…warm, sugared and spiced juicy apples baked to tender perfection beneath a generous blanket of buttery crisp…are you ready for fall yet? Make a batch of this apple crisp, and you’ll be there in no time!
My recipe is:
Apple crisp is one of my favorite fall recipes, and with fall officially arriving this month, I thought it was about time I re-share this recipe with you!
What You Need
You can make this recipe with a few pantry staples (butter, sugar, flour, etc.). Honestly, isn’t that part of what makes comfort food so good?
Apples. Similar to my apple pie recipe, I recommend using granny smith apples for this recipe. A firm, tart apple works well here, but you can also use a semisweet apple, like gala or honeycrisp (these are also great for making apple dumplings, so if you have any leftovers, try that recipe!). I typically need about 7 small apples to get 2 cups. Oats. We’ll be using old fashioned rolled oats today, just like when making my oatmeal raisin cookies. Honestly, I even think the crisp part of this recipe even tastes like a crumbled oatmeal cookie! Brown sugar. I add light brown sugar to both the apples and the crisp components of this recipe. Dark brown sugar could work too, but the flavor will be richer. Cinnamon. Apples and cinnamon go together like peanut butter and jelly–we simply can’t make apple crisp without it! I add cinnamon to the apples and the crisp for extra flavor. Melted butter. If you’ve made my streusel recipe, you know how much of a game changer melted butter can be when making a crumb topping! Today’s crisp is no different. Not only is this method so much easier than using cold butter and a pastry cutter, but it also yields a more buttery flavor!
SAM’S TIP: This recipe was designed for a tart or sweet/tart apple, so if you use sweeter apples, keep in mind that this will result in a sweeter crisp. Remember, this is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Make Apple Crisp
SAM’S TIP: Crisp is not the same thing as cobbler! Crisps generally have a crumblier, crispier topping that’s made primarily of butter, sugar, and oats (though some sources argue that crumbles have oats while crisps never do, I disagree). Cobblers have a biscuit-like topping that looks like cobbled road. If you’d like to make apple cobbler instead, you could always make the apple base from this recipe and the cobbler topping from my blueberry cobbler. I’d recommend baking as instructed in that recipe for best results. I promise I’m not trying to rush summer away, but with the heat finally letting up a bit, I can’t help but feel a little bit excited about fall baking! Enjoy! Let’s bake together! I’ll be walking you through all the steps in my written recipe and video below! If you try this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram, and you can also find me on YouTube and Facebook Recipe originally published 10/08/2018.
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