Apple Crisp I
If you've got baking apples, peeled, cored and sliced and rolled oats, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 60 minutes of cooking across 7 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and blender. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (2)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian — no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 190°C and lightly butter a square baking dish.
- Arrange the sliced apples in an even layer in the prepared dish, sprinkling them with about half the cinnamon as you go.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, salt, and remaining cinnamon, stirring to break up any lumps of sugar.
- Add the cold cubed butter and cut it into the dry mixture with a pastry blender or your fingertips until the topping forms coarse, pea-sized crumbs.
- Scatter the crumb topping evenly over the apples, covering them completely without packing it down.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until the topping is golden brown and the apple juices bubble up around the edges; if the top browns too fast, loosely tent it with foil.
- Let the crisp cool for at least 10 minutes so the filling sets slightly, then serve warm, ideally with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
You'll use: Oven · Blender · Baking dish
Ingredient substitutions
- Brown Sugar
- white sugar + 1 tbsp molasses per cup
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Tips & common questions
How long does Apple Crisp I take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 7 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of brown sugar?
Try white sugar + 1 tbsp molasses per cup. See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Apple Crisp I vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Apple Crisp I is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Fresh baked apple crisp 01.jpg by Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.