Easy Apple Crisp Recipe Made With Granny Smith Apples and Old Fashioned Oats
The BEST apple crisp! This family-favorite go-to recipe is made with granny smith apples with an awesome oatmeal streusel topping. Simple to make, so darn good.
Original Post Date, November 17, 2014. Post Updated with New Recipe Card, Oct 5, 2024.
Tips for Making Easy Apple Crisp
- The original recipe, from CHOW, calls for a mixture of Granny Smith and Golden Delicious apples. I have tried different apples in the past, but Granny Smith are my go-to favorite. I personally prefer Granny Smith apples for their tangy tartness, crispness combined with the sweetness in apple crisp. I love that they hold their shape well during baking. They provide the perfect balance of sweet, tangy and tart and texture.
- While the recipe calls for unsalted butter, you can use salted butter if that’s what you have on hand. You may want to omit the additional salt to avoid over-salting the apple crisp.
- Old fashioned oats/rolled oats are best for this recipe for the best texture. If all you have are quick oats, you can use them, but be aware that they will have a softer texture.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED (See Recipe Card Below for Full Recipe)
- Granny Smith apples, medium size, peeled, cored and sliced (1/4″ thick slices)
- granulated sugar
- ground cinnamon
- ground nutmeg (optional)
- salt
- unsalted butter
- light brown sugar
- all-purpose flour
- rolled oats/old fashioned oats (uncooked)
How to Make Quick & Easy Apple Crisp
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Using butter, lightly coat an 8×8 baking dish (or similar size baking dish).
Prepare apples (peeled, cored and sliced) and place them in a large bowl. Add cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon salt and toss apples until they are evenly coated. Pour apples in prepared baking dish, set aside.
Next, using the same bowl, mix brown sugar, flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt and oats and mix well. Now add the butter. Using your fingers, blend the butter and oat mixture until small clumps form – this may take a couple of minutes. Once oat mixture is ready, top it evenly over apples.
Place in oven on middle rack, bake for 50 minutes, or until apples reach the desired tender texture and the streusel topping is crunchy. When ready, remove from oven, serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Enjoy!
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Quick and Easy Apple Crisp
Ingredients
- 6 Granny Smith Apples, medium size , peeled, cored and sliced (1/4″ thick slices)
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- dash ground nutmeg (optional)
- ½ teaspoon salt, divided
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter – cold and cut into small pieces
- ½ cup light brown sugar (packed)
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup rolled oats/old fashioned oats (uncooked)
- extra butter to lightly coat baking dish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Using butter, lightly coat an 8×8 baking dish (or similar size baking dish).
- Prepare apples (peeled, cored and sliced) and place them in a large bowl. Add cinnamon, sugar, nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon salt and toss apples until they are evenly coated. Pour apples in prepared baking dish, set aside.
- Using the same bowl, mix brown sugar, flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt and oats and mix well. Now add the butter. Using your fingers, blend the butter and oat mixture until small clumps form – this may take a couple of minutes. Once oat mixture is ready, top it evenly over apples.
- Place in oven on middle rack, bake for 50 minutes, or until apples reach the desired tender texture and the streusel topping is crunchy. When ready, remove from oven, serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Enjoy!
Notes
- You can use your favorite baking apples. I personally think Granny Smith are the best.
- While the recipe calls for unsalted butter, you can use salted butter if that's what you have on hand. You may want to omit the additional salt to avoid over-salting the Apple Crisp
- Old fashioned oats/rolled oats are best for this recipe for the best texture. If all you have are quick oats, you can use them, but be aware that they will have a softer texture.
Donna A Pollock
My Family loves this Apple Crisp recipe. I make it often. It’s an easy and delicious dessert you can be cooking while you have dinner. We take this dessert to my son’s Competition BBQ’s we serve along side of his Smoked meats, and WOW!!! what a hit with everyone including the Judges.
Trish
This recipe is awesome, I use it often, thank you so much!
nmr06212
I was using my phone the first time I made this yesterday and I accidentally used 4 tsps of salt instead of 1/4 tsp ackk!! I read it wrong, the "1/" was on one line and the "4" was on the next sentences line (should have redirected to the ingredient list, my bad). But it's in the oven again tonight as a redo and I bet it will be ah-maz-ing! SImple ingredients I had on hand without being fussy.
Mel@Mellywood's Mansion
It's hot here today Mary but I think next cool day I am making this.
Lee Ann
Wow! This looks delicious! Thank you!