Apple Crisp

I feel like I've fallen behind on my Fall baking.  If you've been following along on the blog - you already know the reason for the delay.  In a word - disarray.  We just wrapped up week 6 of our kitchen remodeling project and I feel like I'm existing in a constant state of tospy-turveyness. 🙃 I wouldn't necessarily call it untidy or sloppy - it's more like everything in the house has been temporarily relocated to other areas of the house.  I've actually gotten accustomed to the sight of cutting boards in my bedroom and canisters of flour and rice stacked on living room chairs. 😅

As you might imagine, baking this month has proven to be somewhat of a challenge. I find myself looking for recipes with ingredients that are easy to find. 😂I definitely didn't think that I'd be making anything with ​oats anytime soon because it's buried beneath a LOT of other baking supplies.  At this point it would be easier to go out and buy more instead of trying to uncover them and risk upsetting the delicate tower of food that lies above them.  🤣

There's no question that apple pie is a family favorite but let's face it - creating a homemade apple pie is a labor of love. 🥧Preparing, chilling, rolling, fitting, crimping, brushing and decorating.  Making a pie crust is VERY time consuming. 

​So when I crave that warm, cinnamony apple flavor but I don't want to deal with a fussy pie, (or if my kitchen is under construction) I go to the store and buy more oats and then I swap the crust for a crunchy oaty topping and make apple cobbler. 😂It takes far less time to prepare and you don't even have to wait for it to cool completely.  Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream to the top of a warm bowl of apple crisp and its pretty much Fall dessert perfection.  🍏

Apple Crisp
6 apples, peeled and sliced
2 Tbsp granulated sugar
1 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon, divided
1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
1 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup old fashioned oats
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cold unsalted butter, diced into small cubes
pinch of kosher salt

Combine apples, sugar, 3/4 t. cinnamon and lemon juice.

Transfer to a greased 8" square baking dish. 

Combine brown sugar, oats, flour, 1 t. cinnamon and salt.

Cut in cold butter with pastry cutter.

Evenly spread topping over apple mixture. 

Bake 40 minutes at 350. 

Shoutout to my sweet DIL for letting me take over her kitchen and use all of her cute Fall decorations for my apple crisp photo shoot.  She's got the cutest pumpkins and Fall signs.  😂
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​Ciao!

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