Apple crisp, every which way — Caramel Apple Crisp, Slow Cooker Apple Crisp, Easy Oat Apple Crisp, and Cast Iron Skillet Apple Crisp for weeknight dessert.
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Open in Pepper →Apple crisp is the dessert you make when you've got apples going soft on the counter and twenty minutes to spare. Peel, slice, toss with cinnamon and sugar, pile on oats and butter, and the oven does the rest.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection in the fall, when somebody brings home a bag of apples from the orchard, or on a Sunday when dinner was simple and dessert should be warm.
Every recipe here is a real apple crisp somebody makes at home — the plain Apple Crisp with cinnamon and sugar, a Caramel Apple Crisp with heavy cream, a Slow Cooker Apple Crisp, an Easy Oat Apple Crisp with Gala apples and lemon juice, a Gluten Free Apple Crisp, Autumn Chai Spice Apple Crisp Vegan, Cast Iron Skillet Apple Crisp, and even a Stove Top Apple Crisp for when the oven's full.
Mix two apple kinds
Use half Granny Smith and half honeycrisp or Gala so some slices hold their shape and some melt into sauce.
Cut slices the same size
Aim for 1/2-inch slices across the board so everything finishes cooking at the same time, about 40 minutes.
Keep the butter cold
Cut cold butter into the oats and flour with your fingers until it's pea-sized — that's what makes the topping crisp instead of pasty.
Toss apples with lemon
A tablespoon or two of lemon juice keeps the apples from browning while you work and cuts the sweetness.