Easy Apple Crisp

Top down view of white baking dish filled with brown colored apple crisp with three scoops of vanilla ice cream on top all sitting on white countertop with baking ingredients all around

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!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Difficulty Intermediate

Method Baking

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 15

Total Time 1 30

Servings servings

Calories 288kcal

Author Kaleb

Ingredients

For the filling

3 lb apples cut in quarters, core removed, and sliced into ¼-inch pieces
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp lemon zest
1 ½ tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp salt
¼ cup white granulated sugar
2 tbsp Calvados (apple brandy) (optional)
1 tsp cinnamon

For the streusel

¾ cup flour
¾ cup rolled oats
¾ cup pecans toasted and chopped
½ cup brown sugar
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp allspice
1 tsp salt
12 tbsp unsalted butter cut into ½-inch cubes

Instructions

For the apple filling

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x9 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.

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.
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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