This simple apple crisp recipe makes me so pleased! We prime completely spiced apples with probably the most scrumptious oat crumb topping made with melted butter, flour, and oats. That is completely considered one of my favourite simple desserts!
We shared this apple crisp with oats years in the past, and it’s nonetheless considered one of my favourite apple recipes on Impressed Style. The apples are extremely scrumptious with the nice and cozy spices and trace of orange, and the oat topping is my absolute favourite.
For simpler desserts like this, see our apple cobbler, cinnamon baked apples, or this easy blueberry crumble.
Key Components
- Apples: I all the time go for recent apples when making apple crisp, and I choose utilizing a mixture of two varieties for a extra advanced taste (similar to I do with apple pie). Nevertheless, you probably have canned apples that you just completely love, they could be a good substitute for the recent apple filling.
- Orange: We’ll use orange juice and zest as an alternative of lemon juice for a shiny, citrus twist. Belief me, it’s a scrumptious pairing with the apples and spices!
- Sugar: This straightforward recipe works completely with both granulated or brown sugar. Use whichever one you could have available or choose.
- Cinnamon and Nutmeg: Apples and cinnamon are a match made in heaven, so we’ll be utilizing a beneficiant quantity. A contact of nutmeg additionally provides heat and taste to the filling.
- Oats: I like to recommend rolled oats for the very best texture on this crisp, however it’s also possible to use on the spot oats if that’s what you could have. Keep away from utilizing steel-cut oats, as they gained’t soften correctly throughout baking.
- Flour and Salt: To create our crisp topping, we’ll mix all-purpose flour with oats and melted butter. You should utilize an all-purpose gluten-free flour mix when you want a gluten-free possibility.
- Butter: I normally bake with unsalted butter, however salted butter is ok, too. In the event you use salted butter, simply keep in mind to omit the additional salt from the topping.
Methods to Make Apple Crisp
To make the filling for this apple crisp, I toss chopped apples with orange juice, orange zest, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. I normally go away the apples unpeeled to save lots of time, and I really like the additional texture and taste, particularly after a protracted bake. Nevertheless, when you choose softer apples, be at liberty to peel them.
We use melted butter for the oat topping, which could shock you when you’ve seen different apple crisp recipes. Most name for chilly or room-temperature butter, however we’ve discovered that utilizing melted butter creates a extra tender topping with a little bit of crunch that completely enhances the mushy apples.
I’m beneficiant with the quantity of oat topping I add to my apple crisp, however I really like a excessive ratio of crisp to apples! I additionally wish to press the topping into clumps earlier than including it to the apples earlier than baking. After an hour or so within the oven, the crisp is prepared. I give it a couple of minutes to chill on the counter earlier than digging in.
And there you could have it—our greatest apple crisp recipe! In the event you love this recipe, we use the identical oat topping for our baked cinnamon apples and this easy blueberry crumble!
Simple Apple Crisp
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We love this simple apple crisp recipe. Like most baked apple recipes, you’ll wish to use flavorful and agency apples. It’s additionally good to mix two varieties. We used two baking-friendly apples in our images (Granny Smith and Braeburn). You would even add a handful of blackberries, raisins, or cranberries. We additionally discovered that leaving the apples unpeeled improves the feel and taste (particularly after such a protracted baking time).
Serve heat or at room temperature. It’s scrumptious plain, with homemade whipped cream or with ice cream.
Makes 8 servings
Watch Us Make the Recipe
You Will Want
6 medium baking apples, equivalent to Granny Smith (2 ½ to three kilos)
1 orange, zested and juiced
1/4 cup to 1/2 cup (50g to 100g) sugar, relying on tartness of apples
1 teaspoon floor cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon floor nutmeg
Oat Topping
3/4 cup (65g) old style rolled oats
3/4 cup (100g) all-purpose flour
1/2 cup (100g) sugar, possibility: mix 1/4 cup brown sugar + 1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup (115g) butter, melted
1/8 teaspoon high-quality sea salt
Instructions
1Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch sq. (or 2-quart) baking dish and put aside.
2Core apples and lower them into 3/4-inch items.
3Add the apples to a big bowl with orange zest, orange juice, 1/4 cup sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir, then style. (In case your apples are extra tart, add extra sugar.) Add the apples to the ready baking dish.
4Make the oat topping. Mix flour, oats, 1/2 cup (100g) sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. Add the melted butter and stir till the flour is moistened by the butter and the topping is crumbly.
5Sprinkle the topping over the apple filling. (We like to make use of our fingers to do that. As we sprinkle, we press the crumbles collectively to create bigger clumps of topping.)
6Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and half-hour or till the juices are thickened, the apples are tender, and the topping has turned gentle golden brown. (Cowl with aluminum foil if the topping turns into too brown, and proceed to bake till the apples are tender.)
Adam and Joanne’s Suggestions
- Gluten-free apple crisp: Use you favourite store-bought gluten-free flour mix as an alternative of the all-purpose flour known as for above. We’re keen on Bob’s Pink Mill.
- Use entire wheat flour: Substitute the all-purpose flour with an equal quantity of entire wheat flour or use white entire wheat flour.
- Scale back the sugar: The sugar wanted will depend on how tart your apples are. We love the crisp to be barely tart, so decreasing the sugar with the apples and within the topping is an possibility.
- Storing: You may retailer leftover apple crisp in an hermetic container within the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
- Make forward: You may assemble it utterly and retailer it within the fridge for as much as 2 days earlier than baking. Or, you’ll be able to freeze the unbaked crisp for as much as 3 months. When able to bake, thaw it in a single day within the fridge and bake as directed.
- The vitamin info supplied beneath are estimates. We assumed 1/4 cup of sugar for the apple filling.
Vitamin Per Serving
Energy
304
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Protein
3 g
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Carbohydrate
48 g
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Dietary Fiber
4 g
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Complete Sugars
30 g
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Complete Fats
12 g
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Saturated Fats
7 g
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Ldl cholesterol
30 mg
