The topping is simple, and includes graham cracker crumbs, a little flour, brown sugar, and butter.
If you’re a long-time follower of this blog, you know one of my go-to kitchen hacks is using a wide-holed cheese grater to grate cold butter into crumb toppings. It makes it super easy to cut in!
And you’ll also know how much I love my apple peeler/corer/slicer
Did these all in about 3 minutes so it’s pretty much the best thing ever. Now you can use any apples you like in apple crisp. I often use a mix as you can see here. I like to throw in at least a few Granny Smith (and you can certainly use ALL green apples) to balance out all the sweetness. If I’m using all of a sweet variety of apples, then I just decrease the sugar in the apple mix (not the topping) by a bit. And if I’m using ALL green apples, I usually increase it. My recipe is written assuming you’ll be using a mix.
The apples get tossed with the aforementioned brown sugar, a little flour to thicken the juices, and spices of course. Guys you can totally adjust and improvise here, apple crisp is one of those things you can’t really mess up!
As it bakes, the apples become tender and that topping becomes crisp and crumbly on the outside and kind of soft and buttery on the side by the apples. I like to take it out when the apples still have a little bit of bite to them, so not completely turned to mush, but that’s personal preference.
However one thing that is 100% required is vanilla ice cream. Never eat apple crisp without vanilla ice cream. Ever.
I hope you guys love this one! You know what else I think you’ll love? Our beautifully and practically designed meal plans. If you haven’t checked them out yet, the results are in and the reviews are stellar. We designed this program to make your family life easier and help gather the people you care about around the table for meals. It’s doing just that and more. Check it all out, here!
