Name: Crisp Crumbles & Gooey Apples: This Caramel Apple Crisp Is Everything
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 Small-Medium Sized Cooking Apples* I like Granny Smith Apples; 6oz (3/4 Cup) Caramel, homemade or storebought; 100 Gram ( 1 Cup) Old-Fashioned Oats/ Rolled Oats; 157 Grams ( 1 1/4 Cup) All-purpose Flour/ Plain Flour; 150 Grams (3/4 cup) Brown Sugar; 6oz (3/4 Cup) Salted Butter, cold cut into small chunks

This Caramel Apple Crisp comes together fast with just one pan and one baking dish-no mixer, no fuss. Fresh apples soften into a cozy cinnamon-spiced filling, topped with a buttery brown sugar oat crumble that turns perfectly golden in the oven. Drizzle it all with caramel sauce (store-bought or homemade!) and serve warm with ice cream for the ultimate fall dessert.

Caramel Apple Crisp served in a white dish with a scoop of ice cream on top with a wood background

So I've had a craving for apple crisp for almost 6 weeks now. You'd think I would have gotten round to making it. But life has been BUSY!!! Well in between the madness, it really was yesterday ( I worked 7am-3pm and 4:30pm-10:30pm) and made this in between that short little break.

Now, I do realize apple baking isn't really in "season" but for me apple baking is all year long! Cooked apples are one of my all time favorite desserts, whether they are baked in a cake, topped with a crumble, inside a pie, on their own, inside a cookie.. you name it I like it!

Caramel Apple Crisp baked and served in a white dish served with ice cream and spoon taking a bite

Ingredient Breakdown: Apples & Caramel

Cooking Apples. After a few tries, I found Granny Smith or Honeycrisp varieties hold their shape and deliver the ideal balance of tartness and sweetness once baked-other apples turned mushy too fast. You can also use Honey Crisp, Pink Lady, Jonagold, Fuji, Gala, Braeburn, Cortland apples.
Caramel. You can use salted caramel sauce or normal caramel sauce. And you can use homemade caramel sauce or store bought caramel sauce. Melt some of the wrapped caramels with a little cream or use store bought ice cream caramel topping.

Variations: You can use any of your favorites spices like ground cinnamon or ground nutmeg and add to the fruit or crumble mixture, I would add ½ a teaspoon. You can make this gluten free, just make sure your oats are gluten free and swap out the all purpose flour for a one to one gluten free all purpose flour.

Let's Build the Ultimate Apple Crisp

apples peeled and chopped into slices on a wood cutting board — Peel apples and slice thin-medium sized slices.

oats, flour, and brown sugar in a large glass bowl on a grey surface with a navy blue linen — In a medium bowl mix together oats, flour, and brown sugar.

hand pressing butter into crumble mixture in a glass bowl on a light grey surface — Use your hands to rub the butter into the dry ingredients.

crumble mixture in a glass bowl on a grey surface — Mix until you get smaller clumps of crumble.

apples added to a white dish then crumble added on top sitting on a light grey surface — Place apples directly inside the pan then top caramel then with crumble mixture.

close up of apple crisp in a white ceramic dish — Bake until golden brown top.

Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

★★★★★ Please let me know if you make this recipe by leaving a star rating and comment below!

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