You may have guess by now, that I love desserts! And Apple Crisp is another one of my “favorites”! I had purchased a bushel of Lodi apples to make applesauce, but saved a few to make Apple Crisp – because they are the perfect apples for that too!
Clean, remove core, peel and slice the apples. Place them in your baking dish. I like to sprinkle a bit of cinnamon on top.
Make the crumb topping by mixing the flour and sugar together, then cut in the butter with a pastry blender or your fingers, until the butter pieces are about the size of small peas.
Sprinkle the crumb topping on top of the apples and cinnamon. You can also sprinkle on a bit of decorating sugar and/or turbinado sugar on top.
Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for about 35 minutes or until the apples are tender and the topping starts to brown. I usually put it under the broiler for just a few minutes to let it brown just a bit more. If you do this, you have to watch it carefully – it will burn easily.
So good right out of the oven! Plus your kitchen will – and probably your whole house – smell wonderful! A little scoop of ice cream makes it perfect!
Add a cup of coffee – and sit back and enjoy your nice warm apple crisp! It doesn’t get much better than this! Enjoy!
Apple Crisp
Ingredients
Apples
- 12-15 apples, Lodi variety recommended
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon or cinnamon and sugar mixture, optional
Crumb Topping
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/3 cup cold butter, cut into 1/4-inch squares
- sparkling or turbinado sugar, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Apples
- Clean, core, peel and thinly slice the apples. Place in 8-inch pie plate or 8-9 inch square pan.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon, if desired.
- Crumb Topping
- In a small bowl, mix the sugar and flour,
- Add the butter, and using a pastry blender (or your fingers), cut in the butter until butter is the size of small peas.
- Sprinkle the crumb topping over the apples and cinnamon, adding as much as you like. The Crumb Topping recipe is enough for crisps made in 2 pie plates or a 9 x 13 pan.
- Sprinkle with decorating or turbinado sugar, if desired.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes, or until the apples are tender. You can check tenderness by sticking a fork into the apples. If you want the crisp to be more brown on top, broil it for a few minutes, watching it carefully.
- Serve warm – extra delicious with scoop of ice cream on top! May want to add a drizzle of caramel syrup too! Enjoy!
