Down-Home Apple Crisp Recipe

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Down-Home Apple Crisp Recipe

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Served warm from the oven, this down-home dessert is a perfect finale for fall and winter meals. —Trisha Kruse, Eagle, Idaho

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8-10 servings

TOTAL TIME:

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 45 min.

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VERIFIED BY Taste of Home Test Kitchen

MAKES:

8-10 servings

TOTAL TIME:

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 45 min.

Ingredients

8 cups thinly sliced peeled tart apples (about 6 medium apples)
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, divided
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon apple pie spice
1 cup old-fashioned oats
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold butter
Vanilla ice cream

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the apples, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, lemon juice and apple pie spice. Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking pan.
In a small bowl, combine the oats, sugar, salt and remaining flour. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples.
Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. Serve warm with ice cream. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Blueberry Apple Crisp: Reduce apples to 6 cups and add 2 cups blueberries. Prepare and bake as directed. Yield: 8 servings. Cranberry Apple Crisp: Reduce apples to 6 cups and add 2 cups cranberries. Prepare and bake as directed. Yield: 8 servings. Graham Cracker Apple Crisp: Prepare apples as directed. In place of topping, combine 1 cup graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup flour, 1/3 cup chopped walnuts, 3 tablespoons brown sugar and 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; cut in 1/2 cup cold butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Bake as directed. Yield: 8 servings.

Originally published as Down-Home Apple Crisp in The Taste of Home Cookbook 2010, p354

Nutritional Facts

1 each: 275 calories, 10g fat (6g saturated fat), 24mg cholesterol, 192mg sodium, 47g carbohydrate (33g sugars, 2g fiber), 2g protein.

8 cups thinly sliced peeled tart apples (about 6 medium apples)
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, divided
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon apple pie spice
1 cup old-fashioned oats
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cold butter
Vanilla ice cream

In a large bowl, combine the apples, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, lemon juice and apple pie spice. Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking pan.
In a small bowl, combine the oats, sugar, salt and remaining flour. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples.
Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. Serve warm with ice cream. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Blueberry Apple Crisp: Reduce apples to 6 cups and add 2 cups blueberries. Prepare and bake as directed. Yield: 8 servings. Cranberry Apple Crisp: Reduce apples to 6 cups and add 2 cups cranberries. Prepare and bake as directed. Yield: 8 servings. Graham Cracker Apple Crisp: Prepare apples as directed. In place of topping, combine 1 cup graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup flour, 1/3 cup chopped walnuts, 3 tablespoons brown sugar and 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; cut in 1/2 cup cold butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Bake as directed. Yield: 8 servings.

Originally published as Down-Home Apple Crisp in The Taste of Home Cookbook 2010, p354

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