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apple dessert

(2 RATINGS)
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kim43 avatar
Nutley, NJ
Updated on Sep 4, 2025

This simple dessert has all the wonderful flavors of an apple pie without the crust! The sugars create a gooey, delicious treat.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Creamy, chewy, and a little crunchy this apple dessert is a cross between an apple crumble and an apple streusel. And, we gobbled it up. There's hits of caramel from the brown sugar and nice cinnamon flavor. We added pecans and used a combination of Granny Smith and honey crisp apples. The hardest part of this fall dessert is peeling and slicing the apples.

— The Test Kitchen
prep time 15 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake
yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 8 - baking apples variety
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup + 3 Tbsp butter, divided
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional, our favorite is walnuts

How To Make apple dessert

  • Butter a glass baking dish.
    Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a glass baking dish.
  • Peel, core, and cut apples into thin slices.
    Step 2
    Peel, core, and cut apples into thin slices.
  • Place apples in baking dish and cover with sugar.
    Step 3
    Place in the buttered baking dish. Coat with granulated sugar.
  • Mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nuts.
    Step 4
    Mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nuts in a separate bowl.
  • Cut in butter.
    Step 5
    Cut 1/3 cup butter into the mixture using a fork or pastry blender. Mix until it looks like pea gravel.
  • Sprinkle on the apples.
    Step 6
    Sprinkle on top of sliced apples.
  • Add thin slices of butter on top.
    Step 7
    Add 3 Tbsp extra-thin slices of butter on top.
  • Bake for 30 minutes.
    Step 8
    Bake for 30 minutes in a 350 degree oven,
  • Serve the Apple Dessert with ice cream.
    Step 9
    Serve with vanilla ice cream, delicious.
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Ingredient: Fruit
Method: Bake
Culture: American
Collection: A is for Apple

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