Easy Apple Crisp
It's the perfect fall dessert recipe! Apples bake with cinnamon, the oat streusel is super buttery, and toasted pecans throughout make this apple crisp so incredibly good (and easy!).
Servings: 9 servings
Ingredients
For the filling
- 3 pounds crisp baking apples (preferably a mixture such as Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, or Braeburn; 4-6 medium apples) cut in quarters, core removed, and sliced into ¼-inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons Calvados (apple brandy) (optional)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For the streusel
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup rolled oats
- ¾ cup pecans toasted and chopped
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 12 tablespoons (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter cold, cut into ½-inch cubes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 x 9-inch baking dish and set it aside.
- Prepare the apple filling: In a large bowl, combine the prepared apples, lemon zest, lemon juice, cornstarch, salt, sugar, and Calvados. Stir to combine and dissolve the cornstarch. Pour into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle with the cinnamon.3 pounds crisp baking apples (preferably a mixture such as Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, or Braeburn; 4-6 medium apples), 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, 2 teaspoons lemon zest, 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, ¼ cup granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons Calvados (apple brandy) (optional), 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Prepare the streusel: In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, and salt. Stir to combine, then add in the pieces of butter. Coat the pieces with the dry mixture. Use your thumb and forefinger to work the butter into the mixture until the pieces of butter are no bigger than the size of a pea, and the consistency is like wet sand. Sprinkle all of the streusel over the apple filling.¾ cup all-purpose flour, ¾ cup rolled oats, ¾ cup pecans, ½ cup light brown sugar, 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon allspice, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, 12 tablespoons (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter
- Bake in the preheated 350°F oven until the filling is bubbling throughout and the streusel is toasted, 55-75 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool to just warm before serving, 30-40 minutes.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 389kcal