delicious apple crisp
Welcome to fall and the harvest season. I have been waiting and waiting for time to go to the apple orchard to get fresh and delicious apples to play around with this idea. I based my recipe on a similar recipe shared on this site called Cinnamon Apple Crisp, but I had to change it up to make it a Family Award Winning Recipe. And since I've made 3 batches in a week and am still getting asked for more, I think it is award winning! The biggest secret here is having a variety of apples to add texture and flavor surprises. Oops, guess it's not a secret anymore!
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This apple crisp is so good, delicious may not be a strong enough adjective. We'd say it's amazing. We couldn't wait for it to bake based on the aroma wafting from the oven - it just smells of autumn. The different textures and flavors from the apples make this special. With just the right amount of spice and crunch, the crisp topping is perfect.
Ingredients
- FRUIT
- 6-7 medium Honeycrisp apples
- 3 or 4 small Fuji apples
- 3 or 4 small Stayman Winesap apples
- 1 cup sugar (approximately)
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- CRISP
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup oatmeal, uncooked
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 stick butter, melted
How To Make delicious apple crisp
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Step 1Preheat oven to 375. Spray 9X13 pan with cooking spray. -
Step 2Peel and slice apples right into the pan. Mix it up so that you don't have only one variety of apple in a spot. I just dump all the apples on the counter and start peeling. Of course, I save all the peels and cores to either put out to feed wild life or to put in the compost pile.
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Step 3Feel free to adjust the amount or variety of apples to fit your tastes or the main motivation what is on hand. Honeycrisps are sweet, Fuji and Stayman Winesap are more tart/spicy, but if you like all sweet then do that, if you like all tart, then do that.
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Step 4Cover the apples in the pan with the sugar. This is just a guesstimate of how much sugar to use because I just grab handfuls of sugar and sprinkle on top until all the apples are covered.
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Step 5After this, sprinkle with the cinnamon.
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Step 6Mix dry ingredients together in a small bowl while you are melting butter in the microwave. A stick of cold butter will usually melt in 1 minute in my microwave.
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Step 7Mix butter into dry ingredients. You can try to be delicate and mix with a fork, but it works best if you use your hands to get everything blended together and moist.
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Step 8Sprinkle your "crisp" over your apples. Again I use my hand so I can make sure that everything is covered and there are no large globs of crisp.
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Step 9Bake in 375 degree oven for 30-40 minutes. You should check it at 30 but I have found that every time I make this I do not like how it looks so I cook it 5 minutes longer, check again to make sure it isn't burning then it goes back in again for 5 more minutes making a total cooking time of 40 minutes.
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