Apple Crisp Delight Recipe

We love to go apple picking. There's just something about getting your own fruit right from the source... and for us it's usually apple trees from the apple orchards in Michigan. Baking with an apple that you hand-picked fresh off the tree, adds just a little more love in the final product. And since apple picking season just started, pretty soon we'll have some fresh apples to bake with. That means it's time to share our apple crisp delight recipe in case you beat us to the orchards. This apple crisp delight will put your Granny Smiths to good use, will make your house smell amazing, and your family extremely happy. We suggest eating this crisp warm, with a big dollop of vanilla ice cream on top for good measure. This recipe is also part of our apple harvest party inspiration, so if you've got apples, we've got the ideas and inspirations for you to try.

Before You Get Started Making The Apple Crisp Delight

Measure/Weigh all the ingredients

Remove one stick of butter from the refrigerator to come to room temperature

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F)

Grease a 8x8 inch pan

Apple Crisp Delight Ingredients and Amounts (Yields One 8x8 inch pan)

Apple Crisp Topping

1 cup (140g) all-purpose flour

1 cup (81g) old-fashioned oats

1 cup (220g) dark brown sugar

1/2 cup (50g) sliced almonds

1/2 cup/1 stick (114g) unsalted butter - softened at room temp, cut into pieces

Apple Crisp Filling

1/2 cup/1 stick (114g) unsalted butter - brown the butter

1 tbsp vanilla bean paste or 1 caviar of a vanilla bean

6 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced thin

1/3 cup (73g) dark brown sugar

1 tsp (3g) cinnamon

1 tbsp (13g) vanilla extract

Apple Crisp Step-By-Step Directions

Apple Crisp Delight Topping

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Grease an 8x8 inch pan and set aside.

2) In a bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, and almonds and stir until combined.

3) Add pieces of softened butter into the dry ingredients with a pastry cutter or fork. Combine until the mixture is crumbly in texture. Set the topping to the side.

Apple Crisp Delight Filling

1) To start making the filling, you must brown the butter. Heat a saucepan on medium heat, add in sliced butter and whisk frequently. Once the butter is melted, you will see a bit of foam form. Watch as the butter starts to turn a light brown color. Once the butter is lightly browned and it gives off a nutty aroma, remove from the heat and transfer to a bowl to cool. Stir in vanilla bean paste or caviar of one vanilla bean.

2) Set the browned butter to the side to cool while continuing with the filling.

3) Peel, core, and thinly slice the apples and place in a bowl.

4) Next, add the brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla to the apple slices and toss.

5) Next, pour the brown butter over the apples and toss again.

6) Take 1/2 cup of the topping that you set aside and add it to the apple mixture. Toss again.

7) Place the apple mixture into the greased 8x8 pan and sprinkle topping on, patting down as needed.

8) Bake for 55-60 until bubbly and golden brown. We suggest placing a baking sheet underneath the pan in case the filling bubbles over.

9) Remove from oven, cool for 10 minutes, break out that vanilla ice cream, and enjoy!

Apple Crisp Delight Sweet Notes

If you don't have any vanilla bean paste or a vanilla bean, feel free to use vanilla extract in its place

You can omit the sliced almonds and add pecans instead or keep the apple crisp nut free

Recipe adapted from Ambitious Kitchen