I have been making this Apple Crisp, or slight variation of it, since I was a little girl. I received a cookbook for kids and this was my very favorite recipe in it. I’ve tried many recipes over the years, but this one remains my go to recipe, I don’t even bother trying others anymore. In addition to this being fantastically delicious, it is incredibly easy. Minus peeling and cutting up the apples, the rest comes together in minutes. It’s addictive it’s so good, it’s very difficult to resist eating it all when it is in the house.
Apples are one of my favorite fruits. They are something we eat year round. This recipe feels like fall, so that is when we make it most often. Plus we can visit the local apple orchards and get fresh apples off the tree to make batches of this come September. Irresistible.
Apple Crisp Recipe
Apple Crisp
So delicious it's addicting and fantastically simple, perfect dessert for the fall.
Ingredients
Topping
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup flour
- ½ cup oats
- ½ cup cold butter
Apples
- 4 cups apples, cored, peeled and sliced
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ½ lemon, juice squeezed
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
Mix the sugar, flour and oats together. Using a pastry blender, cut butter into the mixture.
Core, peel and slice the apples. Fill a square 8 x 8 pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg. Combine water, lemon juice and vanilla and then pour over the top of the apples and spices. Cover entire top of apples with the topping.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm.
Notes
Adapted from Betty Crocker’s Girls and Boys Cookbook
October is National Apple Month. I’m hosting Foodie Extravaganza and have asked other talented bloggers to come up with apple recipes to celebrate. We also have many other fantastic apple recipes on this site. Give some of these a try as well!
Foodie Extravaganza
- Apple Crisp by Simply Inspired Meals
- Cider-braised Pig Cheeks with Apples by Food Lust People Love
- Crock Pot Apple Butter by Making Miracles
- Double Apple Beignets by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
- Pork Tenderloin with Bacon, Apple, and Gruyère by Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Pot Roast with Apples and Onions by A Day in the Life on the Farm/
- Vegan & Sugar Free Oats & Apple Porridge by Sneha’s Recipe
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No sense in messing around when you have a tried and true recipe. It sounds wonderful. Thanks for hosting this month.
You just can’t beat these straight forward delicious desert recipes – I love apple crisp!
I love that it makes an 8×8 pan! Perfect for a weekday supper dessert, with a little left over for breakfast. 🙂
Thanks for hosting! You can never have enough apple crisps in your life during this Fall season. Now I need to make one!
I love these throw back recipes! Nothing like food memories !