Brown Sugar – I like to use a dark brown sugar for this as it has a bit more of the molasses flavor than light brown sugar. You can use either one!
Baking Powder & Baking Soda – These will help the topping rise and thicken it up a bit!
Melted Butter – When you mix the oat and flour with the melted butter it helps to make the crumbly texture for the topping, and it tastes good!
How To Make Best Apple Crisp Recipe:
Apples: Peel and slice up about 3 pounds of tart apples and then toss them in a simple mix of sugar, flour, and cinnamon. If you can avoid eating half the apple slices one by one as you work, well, you’re a stronger person than I am. 😉
Add the apples to a 9×13 baking dish and whip up that topping.
Helpful Tip!
All that peeling, coring, and slicing can be a whole lot easier with the right tool! Check out this all in one apple peeler, corer, and slicer. It does it all, and it’s just what you need if you enjoy baking with apples!
How To Make Apple Crisp Topping:
Mix: This apple crisp topping is super simple and it makes A LOT, because let’s be real: the topping is the best part!
Add flour, oats, and brown sugar to a mixing bowl with a little baking powder and baking soda. Stir in some melted butter to form the topping.
Sprinkle the apple crisp topping over your pan of apples.
Bake: Once you’ve finished adding the streusel topping you can add the dish to the oven and start baking! This apple crisp recipe bakes in about 45 minutes and is done when the topping is golden and the apples are tender.
Serve: We like to serve this warm with a big scoop of vanilla. Some caramel sauce doesn’t hurt either!
Of course, I also like to pick chunks of topping off the apple crisp every time I walk through the kitchen. It’s kind of dangerous, honestly.
