Finally! Apple season is among us and now we can dive right in to those yummy baked apple foods. The first on my list? Apple crisp.

My roommate  bought a ton of apples for general McBride consumption a few days ago. My excitement for fresh, fall baked goods could not be contained. A classic apple pie just wouldn’t cut it for me this time. I needed a litte more crunch! I ran to the store, picked up some oats from the bulk bin (less than a $1.00 for 2 crisps worth!), and scampered back to my preheated oven.

Apple Crisp

2 ½ cups old-fashioned oats
1 ½ cups (packed) brown sugar
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into ½ inch cubes

4 pounds large apples, peeled, cored and sliced
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Sous chef Derek did the apple prepping!

Mix oats, 1 cup of brown sugar, and flour in medium bowl. Add butter, rub in with fingertips until the topping kind of clumps together. (If you ever want to prep early, the topping can be made the day before. Just cover and refrigerate!)

buttery goodness!

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix apples, lemon juice, cinnamon and the rest of the brown sugar in a large bowl. Transfer the fruit to a baking dish or pie dish (I opted for the pie dish but if I had any more apples I would have upgraded!) Sprinkle the topping over the fruit and bake until the apples are just a little soft and the top is nice and brown and crispy (about 40 minutes).

Delicious!

I had the crisp on a cooling rack for 20 minutes or so, then served it with vanilla ice cream. Mmmm!