Spiced Apple Crisp
Hello everyone and welcome back! This week I want to share some fall comfort food recipes. My favorite apples are in season now so I decided to make this warm spiced apple crisp. I love making apple crisps, they are one of those desserts that is a guaranteed crowd pleaser that takes less time and effort than making an apple pie.
Rockit, Lucy Rose and Lucy Glo are some of my favorite apples!
For this apple crisp I used Lucy Rose and Lucy Glo apples. you can use any apple you like in this recipe but I am always so excited when I see these beautiful apples at my local grocery store.
Lucy Rose apples are a sweet apple with a hint of berry flavor, the skin of the apple is red but what makes this apple extra special is that the flesh of the apple is also red. They are a crisp apple that are perfect for charcuterie boards and give visual appeal to pies and crisps. Lucy Glo Apples are a tart apple that is less sweet than Lucy Rose, these apples have a blushing gold skin and like its sister apple it also has red flesh.
The spice mixture is this recipe takes the flavors to the next level. I love using cardamom in desserts, it has an earthy, piney flavor that leans slightly citrusy. It has a complex flavor that really compliments the sweet and tart flavor of the apples, combined with the familiar flavors of cinnamon and cloves this apple crisp is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
Spiced Apple Crisp
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 cups fresh apples, sliced
- 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 teaspoon spice mix
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter melted
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees and grease a deep dish pie pan.
- In a small bowl mix together cinnamon, cardamom, cloves. ginger and salt.
- Peel, core and slice the apples.
- Sprinkle the apples with sugar, one teaspoon of the spice mixture and vanilla and toss until evenly coated. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
- In a medium sized bowl combine the oats, brown sugar, flour, the rest of the spice mixture and the melted butter. Stir until everything is well coated and the mixture is crumbly.
- Sprinkle the crumb mixture evenly over the top of the apples.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until the fruit is soft and the topping is golden brown.
- Allow the crisp to cool for about 15 minutes, the topping will be more crisp once it cools a bit.
