CRISPIEST APPLE CRISP

Crispiest Apple Crisp image

The secret ingredient in this 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.

Provided by Chef John

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Apple Dessert Recipes

Time 47m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 13

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 wheat and barley nugget cereal (such as Grape-Nuts®)
½ cup melted butter
¼ cup white sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
⅓ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup white sugar
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon water

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Toss sliced apples with lemon juice to prevent browning.
Mix flour, rolled oats, wheat and barley nugget cereal, melted butter, 1/4 cup white sugar, and 1/4 cup brown sugar together in a large bowl.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1/3 cup white sugar, and cinnamon into melted butter until sugar begins to dissolve, 3 to 4 minutes. Add apples and water; continue cooking and stirring until apples soften and are coated with sauce, 4 to 5 minutes.
Pour apples and sugar mixture into a 2 quart baking dish. Sprinkle topping evenly over the apple filling.
Bake in the preheated oven until the top is browned and the filling is bubbling up around the edges, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 364.4 calories, Carbohydrate 58.3 g, Cholesterol 38.1 mg, Fat 15.1 g, Fiber 3.8 g, Protein 2.7 g, SaturatedFat 9.2 g, Sodium 152 mg, Sugar 40 g