This easy, Cinnamon Apple Crisp recipe is perfect for fall, lightly sweetened with raisins and honey with a crisp, oat topping.
Apple Crisp
Apple CrispIf you went apple picking and need ideas on ways to use your apples, this apple crisp recipe is a great fall dessert. It’s the coziest fall dessert that’s pretty healthy considering you have lots of apples and oats! There’s nothing quite like the smell of apples and cinnamon coming out of your oven on a crisp, fall day. This easy apple crisp recipe is sure to be a crowd pleaser. For more apple recipes you may also like Apple Cobbler, Apple Butter, and Slow Cooker Apple Sauce, just to name a few!
My favorite desserts are crisps, cobblers and pie. Apple crisps are the easiest of them all, because the oat topping is simple. Some apple crisp recipes don’t use oats, which is totally fine. But I love the crisp oat topping, because they are high in fiber, magnesium and antioxidants.
Best way to eat an apple crisp, in my opinion is warm topped with a very small scoop (about 1/4 cup) of vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt, if you desire (my favorite way to eat it!). It’s totally optional, and will add more calories.
Which apples are best for apple crisp?
Best answer, any apple you like! I personally like to use sweeter apples so I don’t have to add too much sugar such as Honey Crisp or Gala.
How long is apple crisp good for?
You can store apple crisp room temperature for 1 to 2 days, refrigerated for up to 1 week, or frozen for 3 to 4 months. When refrigerated, you can eat it cold or pop it back in the oven set very, very low or in the microwave to get the chill out.
Variations and Tips
- If you’re not a fan of raisins, you can omit them.
- To make it dairy free, sub the butter for coconut oil.
How To Make Apple Crisp
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Cinnamon Apple Crisp
Ingredients
For the Filling:
- 6 medium apples (honey crisp or gala) peeled and sliced 1/4-inch thick
- 1.5 ounces raisins small box
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/4 cup honey
For the Topping:
- 1 cup quick oats check labels for gluten-free
- 3 tablespoons light brown sugar not packed
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 1/2 tablespoons butter melted
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350F degrees.
- Combine apples, raisins, cinnamon, honey and lemon juice in large bowl.
- Sprinkle with cornstarch. Toss until fruit is coated.
- Place fruit in an ungreased baking dish. Cover with foil and bake15 minutes. Remove from the oven.
- Mix the remaining topping ingredients. Sprinkle over fruit.
- Bake about 60 minutes or until topping is golden brown and fruit is tender.
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Love the recipe. Lessened points a bit by using Truvia zero calorie brown sugar, light butter and eliminated raisins. Used an 8×8 baking dish and snap dragon apples! Loved it!Â
I have made this twice using a 9″x13″ pan. The second time I made it using more topping (1.5 times). Both times I used craisins (dried cranberries) instead of raisins (I did not have any raisins). It was very good.
This was easy to make, and so delicious! After reading some reviews I kept an eye on the topping and pulled it out of the oven after 45 min. Thank you for another amazing recipe
So easy to make and excellent!
Delicious recipe … a real crowd pleaser!Â
I like to add a half cup of nonfat plain Greek yogurt on top of it to add some protein – it is such a filling, satisfying dessert or even a breakfast!Â
Five star recipeÂ
Thank you for this tip! I’m looking for quick but cosy weekend breakfasts that I can add protein to.
Extremely easy to make and so so delicious. I love how your house smells with the cinnamon apples I the oven
Do you think I could sub maple syrup for honey? 🤔Â
Delicious! I used vegan butter, and used a little bit less honey than called for in the apple mixture and it was still perfect.
One note – I used an 8×11 inch pan and the cobbler was pretty thin (for me and my husband, this was 4 perfect portions – 8 as called out would have been a stretch and not enough in my opinion). Next time, I plan to use a few more apples with the same amount of topping to make closer to 6-8 servings.
Absolutely delicious. Another family fav to add to my recipe binder.
I literally have made this every weekend for 3 weeks now love it!
Can I use steel cut oats?
Can I freeze the filling? Any changes?
This was so incredibly delicious and a breeze to make. I definitely will make this again. The added bonus is my kitchen smells amazing while baking this and for a little bit after.Â
I made this today and it was fabulous :). I used Jonathan apples and omitted the raisins.  I couldn’t stop eating it. It was very easy as well which was great.Â
You may want to include a suggested size baking pan or dish with your recipes. Â Cooking times will vary considerably between an 8×8, 9×12, Etc. Â Especially for a crisp which is best with a crisp not burnt or soggy topping and cooked filling.Â
I think the points value for the Purple Plan should be 5. This sounds delicious! Thank you for all your hard work, Gina!
Wonderful dessert and makes the house smell so good too. Had Stayman Winesap apples which are one of my favorite, added 1 cup fresh cranberries and all else as listed but skipped the cornstarch. It was wonderful. Holiday worthy.
Can I use regular oats instead of quick oats?
I never have quick oats on hand, so I just use regular and chop them up a bit in the mini food processor..