Easy Apple Crisp Recipe

This Homemade Apple Crisp Recipe is a simple dessert made with crips tart apples mixed with sugar and cinnamon and sprinkled with a crunchy sweet oatmeal crumb topping.

The result is pure heaven, and for an over-the-top delectable treat, top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. So much easier to make than a classic apple pie, but with all the flavor, aroma, and texture. This is sure to become your new go-to fall apple recipe.

Fall is here, with it comes fresh, crisp, delicious apples. What better way to celebrate nature’s bounty than making a scrumptious Apple Crisp? There are just a couple of key points in perfecting an apple crisp.

One is picking the correct baking apples, and the other is getting the topping just right with a little crunchy crispiness so it holds up well under those juicy apples and melting vanilla ice cream.

Ingredient Notes and Substitutions

• Rolled Oats: Use old-fashioned oats, not quick oats. Quick oats are partially cooked, dried, and rolled thinner. Therefore, they do not stay as crispy or maintain their shape as well.
• Butter: unsalted or salted. If using salted butter, cut the added salt down to 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• Apples: go with crisp tart apples like Granny Smith apples or Honeycrisp apples. Other good choices are Braeburn or Pink Lady (Cripps Pink).

How to make Apple Crisp Recipe

I like to make the topping first and set aside while peeling and slicing the apples. So grab a medium to large bowl and stir the rolled oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt together. Drizzle in the melted butter and stir with a fork until coarse crumbs form.

Then peel, core, and slice your apples. If you want more texture left after baking, slice them thicker or into cubes. As you cut your apples, add them to a large bowl. Add the lemon juice and stir to coat. Then add the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and vanilla extract and stir to combine. Place the mixture in a large casserole dish sprayed with nonstick baking spray.

Sprinkle the oat topping over the apples as evenly as possible. Bake for 40-50 minutes or until the apples are tender and the casserole is bubbly on the sides and golden brown.

Preparation Tips

• Slice your apples about 1/4 inch thick or thicker if you like a slight crispiness after baking. Remember that you might reheat the crisp.
• Lightly spray the baking dish with nonstick baking spray to keep the crumble from sticking to the edges.
• Apple Crisp is delicious, warm or cold.
• For an extra special treat, serve a la mode. My favorite is all-natural vanilla ice cream.

Storage and Reheat

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat in the oven on low heat or microwave at reduced power.

To freeze, cool thoroughly and cover with two layers of plastic wrap followed by a layer of aluminum foil. Freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight. See more below about freezing apple crisp.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Easy Apple Crisp Recipe

A scrumptious easy dessert made with fresh sliced apples cooked with sugar and cinnamon and a buttery oat crumb mixture, all baked to golden brown perfection.

4.97 from 32 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Southern

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 427kcal

Author: Beth Pierce

Ingredients

Topping

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup flour
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter melted

Apple Filling

• 8 large apples peeled cored and chopped (Granny Smith and Honeycrisp)
• 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease an 8×8 or 9×9 inch baking dish. 
• In a medium bowl, stir the rolled oats, flour, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and salt together. Drizzle in the melted butter and stir with a fork until coarse crumbs form.
• In a large bowl, toss the apples with the lemon juice. Add the brown sugar, flour, ground cinnamon, and vanilla extract and stir to coat. Spoon the mixture in the prepared casserole dish.
• Spread the crumb topping over the apples as evenly as possible. Bake uncovered for 40-50 minutes or until bubbly on the sides and golden brown.

Notes

• Slice your apples about 1/4 inch thick or thicker if you like a slight crispiness after baking. Remember that you might reheat the crisp.
• Lightly spray the baking dish with nonstick baking spray to keep the crumble from sticking to the edges.
• Apple Crisp is delicious, warm or cold.
• For an extra special treat, serve a la mode. My favorite is all-natural vanilla ice cream.

Nutrition

Calories: 427kcal | Carbohydrates: 79g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 302mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 52g | Vitamin A: 454IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2mg

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