Apple crisp is a warm dessert made with fresh apples and a streusel topping, often served with whipped cream or ice cream. It is similar to apple pie without the pie dough and is popular in the fall and winter. The streusel topping is made with flour, sugar, spices, and melted butter, and can be made gluten-free or vegan.
Apple crisp is a dessert made by filling a heavy skillet with fresh apples drizzled with a streusel mixture and baking the dish in the oven until the streusel is crisp and the apples are softened. Typically, apple crisp is served warm, sometimes with whipped cream or ice cream as a topping, although it can be eaten cold. This dish is especially popular in the fall and winter when many people find themselves looking for warm desserts for relief from the cold.
This dessert is part of a larger family of chips, cobblers, crumbles, grunts, and so on, with various other colorful names used in isolated regions of the world. You could compare the apple crisp to an apple pie without the pie dough, making it a much simpler dessert where the fruit is designed to be the star of the show.
To make the apple crisp, you need a baking sheet—ideally a heavy pan that conducts heat slowly and evenly—along with some apples and a streusel topping. Make the streusel first, setting it aside while you peel, core, and cut the apples, creating small chunks. Toss the apples in the pan, add the streusel, and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (177 degrees Celsius) until the streusel is starting to brown, about 25 to 45 minutes, depending on the size of the pan.
The apples used in potato chips can vary considerably. Many people like to use crunchy apples such as Grandma’s, Fujis, Suncrisps, Braeburns, Pippins, Jonathans, Cox’s Orange Pippins, and Jonagolds, among others. These apples break down well during the cooking process, absorbing the flavors from the seasoning without becoming soggy, as modern delicious golden and red apples tend to do. Many cooks also toss apples with lemon juice or vinegar to keep them from browning too quickly and add a slight flavor to their apple crisp
The streusel topping is made by mixing flour and sugar in a 4:1 ratio with spices like cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and ginger, and tossing the flour with melted butter. Some people like to add quick oats to their streusel topping for more texture. For people with gluten intolerance, gluten-free flour alternatives can be used in streusel. Since the glutinous properties of plain wheat flour aren’t critical in streusel, any gluten-free topping can be used. For example, cornmeal might add a nutty flavor and interesting texture, or gluten-free bakers might stick with a basic flour blend. Vegans and strict vegetarians can use margarine or oil as a substitute for butter.
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