Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp - sweet, cinnamon-spiced apple filling with crunchy brown sugar and oat topping. This crisp is best served with caramel ice cream!
The most recommended are firmer apples because they don't fall apart into mush during baking. I used a mix of Golden Delicious and Granny Smith. If you are using softer apples, cut down the baking time by 1/3.
Ingredients
For the apple filling:
- 4 c chopped or sliced apples Granny Smith or Golden Delicious
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/4 c granulated sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
For the topping:
- 3/4 c all-purpose flour
- 1 c old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 c packed brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 c unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
Butter a 2qt or 8" square or round baking dish.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, combine apple slices with lemon juice. Toss gently.
Add cornstarch and toss gently again.
Add granulated sugar and cinnamon and stir in.
Spread the filling in prepared dish.
In the same large bowl, whisk oats and flour.
Add brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves and stir in.
Melt butter in microwave. Let it sit in room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes to cool. It will not solidify.
Pour butter over oats topping. Mix with a fork.
Sprinkle topping in crumbles over apple filling.
Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake for 15 minutes.
Remove the foil and bake for 10 to 15 minutes more.
Serve warm with ice cream.