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The Best Skillet Apple Crisp

Apple Crisp is a classic fall dessert, and this one-bowl dessert couldn't be easier to make! Stir together sliced apples with cozy spices and sugar in a skillet, then top with a quick oat crisp topping. Bake until deeply golden brown and bubbly. Your house will smell absolutely incredible! Dig in while it's warm from the oven, and don't skip the vanilla ice cream on top!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Dessert
Keyword apple crisp
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 593kcal
Author Stephanie Simmons

Ingredients

For the Apple Filling

  • 5 medium apples, sliced x thin See notes below for type. 883 grams sliced.
  • 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp brown sugar 124 g
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar 55 g
  • 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 24 g
  • 2 and 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/8 tsp allspice
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp apple cider See note below for sub
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

For the Crisp Topping

  • 1 cup + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 144 g
  • 1 cup brown sugar, packed 220 g
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 cups old-fashioned whole rolled oats
  • 1 cup salted butter cubed two sticks, 16 tbsp, or 226 grams

Instructions

  • Prep: Preheat the oven to 350℉. Butter a 10-inch oven-safe skillet or similar size baking dish. Nonstick spray works too.
  • Slice Apples: Slice your apples into 1/4" thick slices. If you want crisp tender apples, slice them a bit thicker.
  • Make the filling: Toss together all filling ingredients in the greased skillet. Be sure to get everything mixed up really well so there aren't clumps of sugar hiding in bottom. Set aside.
  • Make the topping: In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and oats. Cut in the cold butter with a pastry cutter until you have little pea-sized pieces of butter and smaller throughout, coated in the flour. See photos above.
  • Assemble: Give the apple filling one more good stir, and then evenly pour the crisp topping over the top of the apples.
  • Bake: Bake for 55 to 63 minutes, or until the top is deeply golden brown and the filling is very bubbly and looks thickened. You can also stick a fork into the center of the crisp to check an apple piece - if you can pierce the apple easily, it's tender and done.
  • Serving + Storing: Serve warm with vanilla ice cream! Store leftovers in the fridge, covered, for up to 4 days. 

Notes

Apples: I used three honeycrisp, one granny smith, and one golden delicious. Any combination of good baking apple varieties will work. Such as jonathan, gala, fuji, honeycrisp, golden delicious, or granny smith. Do not use soft apples like mcintosh as they will turn to mush when baked.
 
Apple Cider: Apple juice works in a pinch. Otherwise, use water. Do not use apple cider vinegar. This is vingar as the name implies. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 593kcal | Carbohydrates: 92g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 343mg | Potassium: 288mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 59g | Vitamin A: 773IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 2mg