Recipe: Perfect Apple Crisp

Apple Crisp. Apple crisp is the carefree, easy-breezy cousin of apple pie. There's no dough to chill or roll out, but the end result is just the same—a warm and fruity fall dessert that puts a smile on everyone's face. The sweet-and-crunchy apple crisp topping makes it one of the most popular desserts ever, especially when apples are in season.

You can pop this in the oven while you eat dinner, and by the time you finish dinner and clear the dishes, it's ready. This is the easiest of the apple desserts. Just bake sliced tart apples topped with a streusel oat topping, with plenty of brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon. You can have Apple Crisp using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Apple Crisp

1. You need 1/2 cup of flour + 2 Tbs of flour.
2. You need 1/2 cup of old-fashioned rolled oats.
3. You need 1/2 cup of light brown sugar.
4. It's 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
5. You need 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
6. Prepare dash of salt.
7. Prepare 1/3 cup of unsalted butter, cut into small pieces.
8. Prepare 3-4 of large apples, peeled and thinly sliced + 3 Tbs melted butter.
9. It's 1 Tbs of lemon juice.
10. Prepare 3 Tbs of milk.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
12. Prepare 1/4 cup of light brown sugar.
13. You need 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
14. You need dash of salt.
15. It's 1 box of Pilsbury refrigerated pie crust.

Place apples in a large bowl. Cut butter into flour, using a pastry blender or two knives, until mixture is the texture of coarse meal. This Easy Apple Crisp Recipe is a classic old fashioned dessert that makes you feel all warm and cozy! Made with fresh sliced apples coated in a cinnamon-brown sugar, then topped with cinnamon oat topping.

Apple Crisp instructions

1. Heat oven to 425°F. Place 1 softened pie crust in ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate. Press firmly against side and bottom. Fold in the overhanging pieces. Bake for 10 minutes..
2. Remove lightly baked pie crust from oven and reduce the temperature to 375F..
3. In a medium size bowl combine the 1/2 cup of flour, oats, brown sugar, cinammon, 1/3 cup of butter, and salt with a fork until it resembles small crumbs. Refrigerate while you prepare the apple filling..
4. In a small bowl, combine melted butter and flour until well blended. Add lemon juice, milk and vanilla and stir well. Stir in brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
5. Pour butter mixture over apples and toss to coat. Pour apple mixture into the baked pie crust and spread into an even layer..
6. Sprinkle crumb topping evenly over the apples..
7. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and top is set..
8. Remove from oven and allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve with Vanilla Ice Cream.

Serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and homemade salted caramel sauce! Peel, core, and cut the apples into large wedges. Combine the apples with the zests, juices, sugar, and spices. The apple crisp topping is quite simple, it's made of flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter. After making the topping, I then peel and slice my apples when I'm ready to use them.