crispiest apple crisp
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Crispiest Apple Crisp
The secret ingredient in this crispiest apple crisp is Grape Nuts. This extremely crispy and crunchy breakfast cereal does some amazing things to your basic oatmeal-based fruit crisp topping mixture.
Ingredients
- 5 apples, peeled, cored, quartered, and cut into 1/4-inch slices
- ½ lemon, juiced
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ½ cup nutlike cereal nuggets (such as grape nuts)
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ⅓ cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon water
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Toss sliced apples with lemon juice to prevent browning.
- Combine flour, rolled oats, cereal nuggets, 1/2 cup melted butter, 1/4 cup white sugar, and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a large bowl; set aside.
- Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in remaining 1/3 cup white sugar, remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar, and cinnamon until sugars begin to dissolve, 3 to 4 minutes. Add apples and water; cook and stir until apples soften and coated with sauce, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Pour apple mixture into a 2-quart baking dish; sprinkle cereal nugget topping evenly over top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until top browned and bubbling around edges, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool 10 to 15 minutes before serving.
