Apple oat crisp
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Apple oat crisp with a generous and wholesome crunchy topping. Serve with Greek yogurt or ice cream. Welcome fall!
Ingredients
  • Crisp topping:
  • .75 cup/170g unsalted butter, cubed and at room temp
  • 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon
  • .25 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1.25 cup rolled oats
  • 1 cup flax and quick oat mix (I used a grocery store brand, use whatever you prefer)
  • 0.5 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 tablespoons roasted whole almonds
  • 1 tablespoon dried cranberries
  • 2 tablespoons of honey (I used Honey Girl) or maple syrup
  • 0.5 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar in the raw (or light brown sugar)
  • Apples:
  • 6 apples, peeled, cored, and halved
  • 4 tablespoons/55 g unsalted butter, melted
  • 3 T sugar in the raw (or light brown sugar or granulated sugar)
  • 0.5 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1.5 cups apple juice
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375F. Make the topping by combining all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl, adding in the cubed butter and working the butter in with your fingers until you get a nice crumb. Refrigerate until needed.
  2. Place the apples, cored side up, on the bottom of a baking dish. Top with melted butter, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Pour juice into the baking dish and cover with foil. Bake for about one hour - but check 45-50 minutes in - until apples are soft.
  3. Remove the foil and cover with apples with the crispy topping. Increase oven temperature to 425F and bake for 20-25 minutes longer, until the apples are bubbly and the topping is golden brown.
  4. Serve warm or at room temperature, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or wholesome Greek yogurt.
Recipe by Saffron and Honey at https://saffronandhoney.com/apple-oat-crisp/