Description
This easy apple crisp has big fall flavors throughout. Lovely warm notes like cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom are laced in every bite. A buttery, crunchy, oat-filled topping is the blanket that tops sweet + warm spiced apple slices. Serving this cozy dessert with a scoop of ice cream is an absolute must for extra yum!
Ingredients
Scale
For the apple filling:
- 6 medium Honeycrisp apples, peeled, cored, and sliced thinly
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons superfine almond flour
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon bourbon- optional
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
For the crisp topping:
- 1/2 cup superfine almond flour
- 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats (gluten-free)
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans
- 4 tablespoons salted butter, cold and cut into cubes
- vanilla ice cream, for serving- optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease an 8×8 inch baking pan or a similar sized baking dish with butter or cooking spray and set aside.
- For the apple filling: In a large bowl, combine the sliced apples, brown sugar, almond flour, lemon juice, bourbon, almond/vanilla extract, cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom together. Toss this mixture together very well to thoroughly combine. I like to use my hands for this to really massage everything into each other nicely.
- Empty the apple filling into the baking dish and then set aside.
- For the crisp topping: In a small bowl, combine the almond flour, oats, brown sugar, pecans, and cold butter together. Use your hands to mix everything together; pinching the butter between your fingers as you go until the the mixture is crumbly and sand-like. Then evenly sprinkle the crisp topping over the apple filling.
- Place the baking dish onto a large enough baking sheet just in case the crisp bubbles over.
- Bake the apple crisp for 40-45 minutes or until the crisp is bubbly throughout and golden brown on the top. Let the crisp cool down for at least 10 minutes.
- Serve the apple crisp warm with vanilla ice cream, if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
- Please read the blog post in its entirety for more tips + tricks.
- Feel free to use Gala apples in place of Honeycrisp apples.
- All-purpose flour can be used in place of almond flour.
Keywords: easy apple crisp, fall baking, healthy desserts, apple desserts