Best Easy Apple Crisp Recipe with oats (Extra Crispy Topping!)
The absolute best easy apple crisp recipe! Warm, cinnamon-spiced baked apples topped with an ultra-crispy, buttery oat crumble. Perfect with vanilla ice cream!
Ingredients
- 3 Granny Smith apples peeled and sliced
- 3 sweet apples like Honeycrisp, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup light brown sugar divided
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour for filling
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon for filling
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg for filling
- 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour for topping
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon for topping
- 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter cubed
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Toss sliced apples with brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg, then spread into a baking dish.
- Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl.
- Cut cold butter into the dry topping mixture until small, coarse clumps form.
- Scatter the topping evenly over the apple filling.
- Bake until the topping is golden and the filling is bubbling.
- Rest for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Keep the butter genuinely cold throughout mixing for the crispiest possible topping.
- Mix tart and sweet apple varieties for the best textural balance in the filling.
- Let the crisp rest after baking so the filling sets and the topping crisps further.