Easy Apple Crisp
While an apple crisp seems like it could be something time intensive, this recipe is quite the opposite. With simple ingredients and the best flavors of the season, this dessert comes together in less than thirty minutes. Bake it up and it's ready to go!
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
For the filling
- 3 lb 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 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 2 tsp lemon zest
- 1 ½ tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp Calvados (apple brandy) (optional)
- 1 tsp 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 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp allspice
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 12 tbsp (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter cut into ½-inch cubes
Instructions
For the apple filling
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 x 9-inch baking dish and set it aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the prepared apples, lemon zest, lemon juice, cornstarch, salt, sugar, and Calvados. Stir to combine and dissolve cornstarch. Pour into the prepared baking dish and sprinkle with the cinnamon.3 lb crisp baking apples (preferably a mixture such as Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, or Braeburn; 4-6 medium apples), 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice, 2 tsp lemon zest, 1 ½ tbsp cornstarch, 1 tsp kosher salt, ¼ cup granulated sugar, 2 tbsp Calvados (apple brandy) (optional), 1 tsp ground cinnamon
For 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 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.¾ cup all-purpose flour, ¾ cup rolled oats, ¾ cup pecans, ½ cup light brown sugar, 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon, ½ tsp allspice, 1 tsp kosher salt, 12 tbsp (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter
- Sprinkle all of the streusel over the apple filling and bake in the preheated 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: 288kcal