This warm, sweet apple crisp with oatmeal topping is perfect for serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or homemade whipped topping. Garnish with a cinnamon stick for the perfect autumn treat!

wHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS APPLE CRISP with oat topping

This warm, gooey, delicious apple crisp with oat topping is everything you love about apple pie with half the effort! It feeds a crowd and has the perfect fall flavor profile. Not to mention, it wafts the most amazing smell of baked apples all throughout you house! The brown sugar – oatmeal topping adds the most amazing chewy crunch and the apples bake to perfect EVERY time. Plus, the ingredient list is short and sweet, so it really only takes a matter of minutes to whip up.

Ingredients for apple crisp

This EASY apple crisp only has 7 ingredients! The flavors of the apples, oats, and caramelized brown sugar are the stars of this amazingly simple dessert!

3 pounds of Granny Smith or Honeycrisp
1 Cup Table Sugar
2 Tbsp Lime Juice
1 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 1/2 Cup Old Fashioned Oats
3/4 Cup All Purpose Flour
1 stick Salted Butter

how to make apple crisp with oat topping

First, start by peeling and slicing all 3 pounds of apples. Then, toss them with the Cup of table sugar and 2 Tbsp of lime juice. If you don’t have lime juice, it is perfectly fine to substitute lemon juice in this recipe.

Then, transfer the sugared apples into a 9×13 baking dish.

In a separate bowl, mix together 3/4 cup flour, 1 1/2 Cup of old fashioned oats, and 1 1/2 Cup of brown sugar.

Melt the butter and pour it into the oat topping mixture. Stir well to combine. It may form small clumps and that is okay!

Once the topping mixture is crumbly and the melted butter is fully incorporated, spoon the oat topping over the sliced apples in the baking dish.

Bake at 325 for one hour or until the topping is golden brown and the apples are tender. Serve immediately with ice cream or whipped topping!

faq and substitutions for apple crisp with oat topping

Which apples are best for apple crisp? For any baked apple dish such as apple crisp or apple pie, you want to use a firm and crisp apple variety such as Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, or Golden Delicious.

Can I substitute Quick Oats for Old Fashioned oats in this recipe? Yes. You can. The texture will be somewhat different but the results are still delicious.

Can I make this recipe gluten free? Yes! Just make sure you buy oats that are labeled “Gluten Free” and substitute the regular all purpose flour for a Gluten Free One to One All Purpose baking mix such as Bob’s Red Mill.

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