This Brown Butter Caramel Apple Crisp is magical! Baked spiced apples drenched in homemade caramel sauce and topped with a cinnamon brown butter oat topping.
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Why you will love my Brown Butter Caramel Apple Crisp
- It is easier than pie to make and taste just as good or better!
- Less dishes to wash because the dessert comes together in one 9×13 baking dish.
- It is made with basic ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry.
- No store bought caramel is needed!
- It uses brown butter to enhance the nuttiness of the oats and richness of the homemade caramel sauce.
- It serves a crowed so there’s no need to double the recipe.
Ingredient to Make the best Brown Butter Caramel Apple Crisp
- Apples: use the best apples you can find. I have found the combination of honey crisp apples and granny smith apples make the perfect sweet and tangy pair in this apple dessert.
- Brown Sugar: It is important to use brown sugar and not regular granulated sugar. It is a crucial ingredients to get that caramel sauce to form while baking.
- Butter: I prefer using unsalted butter that way I can control the amount of salt in my baked goods. You can use salted butter too. Just omit the extra salt in the recipe.
- Oats: Use whole rolled oats for the best texture. Other oats like quick oats get too soggy. I like Quakers organic rolled oats the best.
Recipe Variations
- If you like walnuts or pecans in your apple crisp try adding 1/4 cup of chopped nuts to the streusel oat topping.
How to prepare the dessert
- Start by making the topping. Brown the butter then add the flour, oat, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon into a bowl. Once the butter has cooled add it to the bowl of ingredients and mix together until combined. Set the streusel aside.
- Now preheat the oven to 350 F and start peeling and slicing the apples.
- Add the apple slices to a 9×13 baking dish and toss them in the juice of 1 lemon.
- Then dump the brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and heavy cream onto the apples and toss with a rubber spatula until the apples are evenly coated.
- Grab the topping made earlier and distribute it over the apples. Covering the apples as much as possible.
- Bake the caramel apple crisp at 350 F for 40 -45 minutes until the top is golden brown and the apples are caramelized and saucy.
- Let the crisp cool slightly and server warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- Store leftovers on the countertop covered with plastic wrap for up to 1-3 days or in the refrigerator for a week.
Expert Baking Tips
- Adjust your cooking time and temperature if needed. Not all ovens bake the same. I like using an oven thermometer at all times to make sure that my oven is at the temperature it needs to be for the recipe. If your apple crisp is not golden brown and bubbling at the 45 minute mark add 5 minutes more to your timer. Keep baking in 5 minute increments until the apple crisp is baked.
- If you are needing to assemble the crisp a day in advance, prep it the day before you need it, cover with plastic wrap and keep it in the refrigerator overnight. Then bake the next day in a preheated 350 F oven for 40-45 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and enjoy!
Brown Butter Caramel Apple Crisp
This Brown Butter Caramel Apple Crisp is magical! Baked spiced apples drenched in homemade caramel sauce and topped with a cinnamon brown butter oat topping.
Servings: 1 9×13 pan
Equipment
Ingredients
Apple Filling
- 10 apples peeled and sliced I like using both granny smith and honey crisp apples
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 lemon juiced
Streusel Topping
- 1 ½ cup rolled oats preferably organic
- 1 cup all purpose un bleached flour or Bobs Red Mill Cup for Cup Gluten Free Flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter browned
Instructions
Streusel Topping
- Start by adding the butter to a medium saucepan over medium heat and brown the butter until it foams and amber bits form on the bottom of the pan. Let the butter cool for 20 minutes.
- In a bowl combine flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt with a fork.
- Pour the brown butter over the other ingredients and combine.
- Set the streusel topping aside and prepare the apple filling.
Apple Filling
- Start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit then peel and slice the apples.
- In a 9×13 baking dish add sliced apples and toss them in the juice of one lemon.
- Then sprinkle in the salt, brown sugar and heavy cream and toss the apples until coated evenly.
- Grab the streusel and crumble it over the top of the apples trying to cover them as much as possible.
- Throw the apple crisp into the preheated oven at 350 F for 40-45 minutes until the top is golden brown and the sauce is thick and bubbly.
- Cool the apples crisp about 10-15 minutes.
- Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Store leftovers on the countertop covered with plastic wrap for up to 1-3 days or in the refrigerator for a week.
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