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Warm homemade apple crisp served with ice cream in a white bowl.

Easy Apple Crisp Recipe

You'll love this easy apple crisp recipe filled with tender, juicy apples and topped with a topping of cinnamon, brown sugar, butter, and oats for the perfect crunch!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Serving Size 10 servings

Ingredients

Filling

  • 7-8 apples medium sized peeled, cored, and sliced (about 10 cups)
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon

Topping

  • 1 cup oats
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup cold butter cubed

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9x13 baking dish and set aside.
  • In the bowl of a food processor add the flour, brown sugar, 1 tsp. ground cinnamon, and cold butter cubes. Pulse until crumbly.
  • Pour the mixture into a medium-sized mixing bowl and stir in the oats then set aside.
  • Peel, core, and slice the apples placing them into a large mixing bowl. Add 1 tsp. of ground cinnamon and toss to coat the apple slices.
  • Pour the apples into a greased baking dish then cover with the topping.
  • Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and the apple juices are bubbling. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

Make-Ahead Freezing Tips

You can freeze cooked or unbaked apple crisp but you may find that the unbaked gives a better result. Prepare the apple crisp as directed in a freezer-safe baking dish and cover tightly with a few layers of plastic wrap then 2 layers of foil. Freeze for up to 3-6 months.
To bake from frozen place the apple crisp on a cookie sheet and cover it loosely with foil. Bake for 20 minutes at 350F. Then remove the foil and bake until the apples are bubbling and the topping is golden brown, another 25 to 40 minutes.

Oats:

Use either quick oats or large flaked oats. The larger oats will result in a flakier topping but both work well.

Apples To Use:

Use good quality baking apples like Spy, Macs, Cortland, Honeycrisp, Red Delicious, or Granny Smith. Using a mixture of apples will give you the best flavor.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 80mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 33g

These values are from a nutritional database and automatically calculated, and should only be used as an approximation.