You guys know by now that I am an ice cream lover through and through. It’s my favorite dessert without a doubt and while I’d like to think there’s nothing better than a simple bowl of ice cream I know for a fact that there is: Ice cream topped with a warm, freshly-baked treat > Plain ice cream.
What do you think is better? A plain bowl of vanilla ice cream or a bowl of vanilla ice cream topped with a warm chocolate chip cookie, a gooey brownie fresh out of the oven or a crumbly apple crisp? See what I’m sayin’? There’s something about the contrast of a cold, creamy dessert with a hot sweet treat that lights my taste buds on fire.
If you happen to be the same way, please add today’s recipe for Oatmeal Apple Crisp to your must-make list this fall. It’s inspired by Tina’s mom’s recipe which is SO darn easy to make but I revamped a bit because I was raised on apple crisp with oatmeal incorporated in the mix and love the chewiness the oats give this rendition. Plus, I added a little brown sugar to the mix in place of all-white sugar because brown sugar in apple crisp somehow feels right. More caramelized? I’m not sure but it’s fabulous!
Here’s what you need:
- Apples (peeled or not… totally your preference but I always leave the peels on because I’m lazy)
- Butter
- Flour (all purpose is my jam but whole wheat will also work well)
- Oats (for chewiness and texture)
- Sugar + Brown Sugar (two sugars = twice the fun)
- Cinnamon (key for making your kitchen smell ah-maz-ing)
- Salt (to help bring out the flavors of the oatmeal apple crisp)
I’m guessing you already have a lot of those ingredients in your pantry which makes this recipe a great one to have in your back pocket when you want to throw together a quick dessert on a chilly night. Oh and just because it’s easy to make doesn’t mean it’s not worth of a special occasion. You better believe this recipe will be front-and-center on our Thanksgiving table this year! Move over apple pie, oatmeal apple crisp is in town!
Oatmeal Apple Crisp
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Oatmeal Apple Crisp
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Category: dessert
Description
So easy but SO delicious! The perfect oatmeal apple crisp to make for a holiday treat or a cozy night at home. Fantastic on top of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
- 4–5 medium-size apples, sliced thin (you may remove the peel or leave it on, though I prefer to leave it on because it’s easier!)
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8×8 baking dish with cooking spray or lightly coat with butter.
- Combine butter, flour, oats, sugars and salt in a large bowl using a fork to mash the butter. Continue to combine ingredients until you have a crumbly mixture. (You may want to use your hands to make sure everything is adequately mixed.)
- Pour 1/3 of the crumb mixture in the bottom of the baking dish. Top with apples. Sprinkle cinnamon on top of the apples and toss to coat.
- Top with the additional 2/3 of the crumb mixture and bake for 40-45 minutes. Allow apple crisp to rest for 5 minutes before digging in. Enjoy alone or on top of vanilla ice cream (my preferred way)!
Notes
If you would like to add chopped nuts to this recipe I prefer adding them with the apples rather than the crumb mixture since the crumb mixture already has a lot of texture. This recipe is wonderful with 1/2 cup chopped pecans added to the apples before tossing the apples with cinnamon (step 3 above).
You may use all brown sugar or all white sugar in this recipe. Both work well but I love a mix!
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Cannot wait to try this! I make a version very similar with almond flour vs the AP flour. This looks like an awesome change up. As always, thanks for sharing!
Oh! I’d love to try it with almond flour! Great idea!
Sally’s Baking Addiction and Eating Bird Food both have great options for a gluten free / almond flour topping! I mix and match my favorite filling recipe, then one if theirs for the topping.
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/gluten-free-apple-crisp/
https://www.eatingbirdfood.com/vegan-gluten-free-apple-crisp/#tasty-recipes-33717
A lot of those links lead to “Page not found”s :/
Thank you for letting me know! I think the problem was that everyone was supposed to have their posts go live at the same time and a few forgot about the timing. I also found one broken link and have updated it! So sorry about that!!
Wow! Thanks for all the links. It will take me all weekend to go through them, but I love trying new recipes. Yours looks wonderful (of course!)
Best,
Thank you, Beth! So many tasty-looking recipes to try!
Apple crisp is my FAVORITE fall dessert. I can’t wait to give this recipe a try! And love all the Thanksgiving recipe ideas!
Yay! It’s the best! Hope you love this version. 🙂
I just made this – you’re right, so easy but so delicious!!!
I made this for my family tonight and we all loved it! I used whole wheat pastry flour and half the sugar and it was amazing with vanilla bean ice cream and made the whole house smell like Fall. Thank you for the recipe!
This recipe is awesome!! So simple and a great way to use up the apples! How do you go about freezing this?
Seal it tightly and you can freeze it before or after baking (just let it cool before freezing if you bake it)!! If you freeze it before baking, let it thaw before baking and bake as usual!
Wonderful thank you!
Comes together so quickly and so good! I’ll definitely be making it again!