Lydia’s Recipes

Love and Real Butter

Pastries & Crisps

Apple Crisp

Servings
1 9x13 baking dish
Cook
40 minutes

Ingredients

  • 8-10 apples (peeled cored and sliced) - best to use are Jonothans or Granny Smith
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ - 1 vanilla bean (optional but amazing!), split lengthwise & scraped
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • ½ cup apple cider or apple juice
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons flour

For the topping

  • 1½ cups flour
  • 1½ cups rolled oats
  • 1¼ cups brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 cup butter, melted

Directions

  1. Using small sharp knife, slice open vanilla bean and scrape seeds into the granulated sugar.
  2. Toss the apples with the sugar, lemon juice, nutmeg, apple cider, and 2 tablespoons flour.
  3. Mix the 1½ cups flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and melted butter together.
  4. Place the apple mixture into a 9x13 baking dish and add the topping.
  5. Bake at 350 until it is bubbling and the top is golden brown, about 40 minutes.