Cast Iron Apple Crisp
Nothing screams 'it's finally fall!' like a beautiful cast iron apple crisp with luscious cinnamon-spiced caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. Filled with the warm flavor of cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon, it's the perfect dessert for apple season!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 294kcal
Ingredients
Apple Filling
- 7 large baking apples peeled and sliced into ½ inch slices
- ½ cup brown sugar
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon cold water
Crisp Topping
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup old-fashioned oats
- ½ cup 8 tablespoon unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- ⅓ cup brown sugar packed tightly
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
- Make the Apple Crisp Filling
- In a medium mixing bowl or in the cast iron skillet, mix together the sliced apples, brown sugar, lemon juice, melted unsalted butter, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and kosher salt together with a wooden spoon.
- Mix together cornstarch and cold water with a fork in a separate small bowl, then pour the slurry into your apple mixture. Stir the cornstarch slurry well into the apple filling. If making in a mixing bowl, pour the filling into the cast iron skillet.
- Make the Crisp Topping
- In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, oats, cold butter, brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Use two forks, your fingers, or a pastry cutter to break apart the cold butter and mix it into the flour and oats.
- Coat the butter in the dry ingredients and blend it down into the size of peas.
- Assemble
- Cover the apple filling with the crisp topping in the cast iron skillet. Sprinkle a little extra cinnamon on top for some extra love.
- Set the skillet in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, until the topping is golden brown.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
Best Baking Apple Varieties
The best apples to use for baking are granny smith, honeycrisp, pink lady, and braeburn.Storing and Reheating Instructions
Unless you are going to eat the apple crisp in its entirety that day, it's best to refrigerate it overnight. Leaving it at room temperature will cause it to spoil, grow bacteria, and become unsafe to eat. Cover the skillet in plastic wrap and keep in the fridge for up to 3 days for the best results in flavor and texture. To reheat it, warm the crisp in the oven at 325 degrees F for 10 minutes until it's warmed through.Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 294kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 227mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 28g