Easy Apple Crisp Recipe With Oatmeal Topping

Easy Apple Crisp Recipe With Oatmeal Topping

Apple Crisp Ingredients :

•     7 to 8 small-to-medium-sized apples (The original apple crisp recipe called for 4 cups, or 945 milliliters, of apples, but I thought it was easier to use a specific number of apples rather than trying to measure them in a measuring cup.)
•     1/3 cup (80 milliliters) all-purpose flour
•     1/2 cup (120 milliliters) brown sugar
•     1 cup (240 milliliters) old-fashioned oatmeal, uncooked (The oats are what gives this recipe its crisp topping, not to mention they’re actually good for you.)
•     1 teaspoon (5 milliliters) ground cinnamon
•     1/2 cup (120 milliliters) of fresh-squeezed lemon juice (The original recipe called for 1 tablespoon or 15 milliliters of lemon juice, which is sprinkled onto the apple slices; I found 1 tablespoon wasn’t enough to keep the apples from turning brown, as you’ll see in the directions below.)
•     4 tablespoons (1/2 stick or 57 grams) of butter, melted (Although you can substitute margarine for the butter, I’ve found the oatmeal topping not only tastes better when made with real butter, but I like the fact that butter is natural).
•     1 pinch (.3 milliliter( of salt

Apple Crisp Instructions

    Peel and core the apples, making sure to remove all the seeds.
    Pour the lemon juice into a small bowl.
    Slice the peeled, cored apples; dip each apple slice into the lemon juice then place it into a 9-inch by 9-inch (23-centimeter by 23-centimeter) baking pan. (The original recipe called for sprinkling a small amount of lemon juice on the apples after they’ve all been sliced. I’ve found it works better if you briefly dip the apple slices in lemon juice immediately after slicing them so they don’t turn brown.)
    Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius, gas mark 4).
    Put the remaining ingredients for the topping (the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt) into a large mixing bowl.
    Mix the topping ingredients together until they are fairly well blended.
    Add the melted butter to the oatmeal topping ingredients in the mixing bowl.
    Mix in the melted butter with a fork or pastry blender until the oat topping mixture is crumbly.
    Spread the oatmeal topping mixture evenly over the top of the sliced apples in the baking pan.
    Place the baking pan with the apple crisp in the preheated oven and bake at least 30 minutes or until apples are tender and oatmeal topping is golden brown. Enjoy!