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    Home » Dessert » Crumble & Crisps

    Caramel Apple Crisp

    Published: Jan 9, 2014 · by Elizabeth Waterson · This post may contain affiliate links, which may pay me a small commission for my referral at no extra cost to you! Thank you for supporting Confessions of a Baking Queen!

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    caramel apple crisp served with vanilla ice cream in a large white bowl

    All it takes is 5 minutes and 6 ingredients, seven if you count ice cream, to throw this gorgeous caramel apple crisp together. 

    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! All kinds of baked fruit are the best, especially this Peach Raspberry Galette Recipe.

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

    While my nan has been here she laughs at me, a normal person would take that hour and a half break and relax. But me? No I bake. And create a mess to clean up, and stress myself out most of the time cuz I really don't have the time to bake, clean, photograph OH and write the recipe down.

    Luckily this recipe is DEAD easy! I had salted caramel in the fridge so I used salted but feel free to use good ol' caramel. Melt some of the wrapped caramels with a little cream or use store bought ice cream caramel topping. Anyway you play it this will be amazing.

    Instructions

    oats, flour, and brown sugar in a large glass bowl on a grey surface with a navy blue linen

    hand pressing butter into crumble mixture in a glass bowl on a light grey surface

    crumble mixture in a glass bowl on a grey surface

    apples peeled and chopped into slices on a wood cutting board

    apples added to a white dish then crumble added on top sitting on a light grey surface

    close up of apple crisp in a white ceramic dish

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

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    salted caramel apple crisp served in a white dish with ice cream on top

    Caramel Apple Crisp

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    All it takes is 5 minutes and 6 ingredients, seven if you count ice cream, to throw this gorgeous caramel apple crisp together.

    • Total Time: 45 minutes
    • Yield: 6 Portions 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 4 Small-Medium Sized Granny Smith/ Cooking Apples
    • 6oz (¾ Cup) Caramel, homemade or storebought
    • 100 gram ( 1 Cup) Old-Fashioned Oats/ Rolled Oats
    • 157 grams ( 1 ¼ Cup) All-purpose Flour/ Plain Flour
    • 150 grams (¾ cup) Brown Sugar
    • 6oz (¾ Cup) Unsalted Butter, at room temp

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Spray a 9X9 square baking dish with non-stick spray.
    2. Peel your apples and slice thin-medium sized slices. Place apples directly inside the pan. Drizzle ¾ cup caramel on top and mix together so all apples are coated.
    3. In a medium bowl mix together oats, flour, sugar and butter. Sprinkle evenly on top of apples. Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until golden brown top. Serve with vanilla ice cream. 

    Equipment

    9 inch square pan

    9-inch square pan

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    Notes

    If you don't want to make Salted Caramel store bought caramel will work fine. Or melt wrapped caramels with some heavy cream.

    • Author: Confessions of a Baking Queen
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 40 minutes
    • Category: Dessert
    • Method: Bake
    • Cuisine: American

    Keywords: caramel apple recipe, oat crisp crumble recipe

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    1. Gloria says

      January 09, 2014 at 10:37 pm

      Just saw this on IG and had to jump over to grab your recipe right away. I agree, apples are an all year round treat. I am always impressed by how hard you work at the restaurant... and still have time to do what you love. It really makes me realize that I need to use my time more wisely. (I feel my day gets away from me sometimes.)
      I love how easy this creation is to whip up. ... you're just amazing! Have a fabulous weekend, my friend!

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      • Elizabeth says

        January 09, 2014 at 11:26 pm

        Stop you are the best!!! Always such kind words from you. Working at the restaurant and doing this blog makes me a little crazy!!! My day ALWAYS gets away from me. This was super easy, I actually just ate the last of it right now. Hope you have a great weekend too 🙂

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    2. Heather @ Sugar Dish Me says

      January 12, 2014 at 4:28 pm

      um... this is amazing. The photos had me hooked but then you said 15 minutes and... well I could hug you for that. I bake with apples (and eat apples) all year round too! Love this like crazy and now I need it. Thanks for giving me a goal this Sunday evening!!!

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    3. Tamara Coleman says

      January 13, 2014 at 9:54 pm

      Hello! Im a sucker for warm desserts with a nice scoop of ice cream. 🙂 Your apple crisp has all the right flavors and love that you included caramel.
      http://www.prettybitchescancooktoo.com

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      • Elizabeth says

        January 13, 2014 at 11:37 pm

        You and me both!! Thanks for stopping by 🙂

        Reply
    4. Jenny says

      September 22, 2021 at 9:19 am

      I have a question. I do love apple crisp, but I was wondering if it would still work if you didn't add the oats. I have never tried to make one without the oats. I love the idea of apple crisp with like a strudel topping. I guess that wouldn't be technically a crisp. I get confused between crisp, cobbler, buckle...execedra. I think a strudel topping, like on a pie or coffee cake, would be delicious. I am not a fan of pie crust, however I do love the rest of the ingredients. So I guess it would be like a dutch apple pie without crust? Would your ingredients work without the oats? Thank you so much for taking the time to share your amazing recipes. The experienced and less experienced bakers/cooks appreciate you sharing your delicious recipes and having clear and instructions that are easy to follow.

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      • Elizabeth Waterson says

        September 24, 2021 at 12:39 pm

        Hi, Jenny thanks for reaching out, sorry for my delayed response. So I would try my rhubarb crumble topping recipe and omit the oats and add the same amount of grams in flour. I personally have never done it but you should be just fine! I know it's super confusing between all of the fruit with topping bakes, I feel ya on that!! I appreciate your kind words as I do spend so much time trying to be very thorough so it's great to hear it is appreciated! 🙂 Let me know if you try any of the crumble/crisp recipes without the oats and how you get on, would love to hear. Hope you have a lovely weekend. XX Liz

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    5. Dena Holmes says

      December 26, 2021 at 11:19 am

      Delicious Christmas Dessert! We loved it!

      ★★★★★

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      • Elizabeth Waterson says

        December 27, 2021 at 2:17 pm

        Thank you so much for the 5-star review, Dena! So pleased you enjoyed it!! Happy New Year! XX Liz

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