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Prep time
10 minutes
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Cook time
45 minutes
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Serves
6-8 people
Author Notes
This is the one and only apple crisp recipe you’ll ever need—one you can have in the oven in less than 10 minutes with ingredients you likely already have on hand and make pretty much make with your eyes closed. It’s not far off from a recipe for the “Fruit Crisp or Crumb Pie” by James Beard in his American’s Cookery but with the amount of fruit increased, and the ingredients solidified. Its topping is crisp but with a sticky chew and the the flavor of the dessert is like a caramel apple in crisp form. Served warm with vanilla ice cream, there is no better (or easier) fall dessert. —What We Eat Gals
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Ingredients
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7-10
Cortland apples (more if you want it to be more about the fruit, always a good thing; other great baking apples like Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Granny Smith, etc.)
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1
stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
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1 cup
light brown sugar
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1 teaspoon
cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon
salt
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1 cup
AP flour
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1 pinch
Maldon salt
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Vanilla ice cream
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
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Melt the butter over medium low heat in a small saucepan. Turn off the heat and let sit until cool enough to touch.
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Meanwhile, if you have time, peel the apples. If not, simply slice them with the skin on into 1-2 inch chunks and place them in a 3-4 qt casserole, gratin or baking dish.
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Now that the butter is cool enough to handle, add 1 cup light brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon and ½ tsp salt. Use your fingers to massage the ingredients into the butter. Next, add the flour and rub it into the butter/brown sugar/cinnamon/salt mix. Spread the crumble topping over the sliced apples. Sprinkle the whole thing with a pinch of Maldon salt.
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Bake in the 400 degree oven for 40-45 minutes until the top is deeply golden and the apples are soft and bubbly. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
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