Simple, Delicious Apple Crisp
The minute I read Helene’s post on the crisp, I knew I had to make it. With the list of simple ingredients & apples sitting in the fruit bowl, it was baking in next to no time. A wonderful crisp, with a yummy filling, we really enjoyed it with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. The perfect fall dessert, comforting & delicious. My love affair with fruits continue & I am forever envious of all the luscious berries that are being baked into crumbles & bars, cheesecakes & cupcakes. Seeing anything apple makes me do a jig & fulfils a sense of satisfaction within. It’s reachable, it’s achievable…know what I mean? 
Apple crisp belongs to a long line of simple baked desserts that combine fresh fruit with a topping of pastry. Cobblers, Crumbles, Grunts, Brown Bettys, Pandowdies, and Crisps may be called old-fashioned and homey but having a dessert of warm baked fruit topped with a tasty crust is hard to resist. Unlike a cobbler that uses a biscuit dough topping, ‘crisps’ use a streusel-like mixture of flour, sugar, and butter, oftentimes with oats and/or nuts.The name ‘Crisp’ or ‘Crumble’ comes from the fact that when you pull this dessert from the oven you will notice how wonderfully crisp and crumbly the topping has become. Apple Crisps are especially popular during the fall and winter months which just happens to coincide with the apple’s harvest time.
Apple Crispas copied from La Cuisine de Helene’s
TOPPING:
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup quick cooking oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter — softened
APPLES:
5 medium apples, peeled — cored
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Method:
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Preheat oven to 375F.
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Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, together in bowl. Cut butter into dry ingredients until mixture is crumbly.
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Butter a pie dish/8×8 pan. Slice apples and place in the baking dish. Add brown sugar and lemon juice. Blend well.
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Sprinkle topping over fruit and bake about 30 minutes or until done.
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Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. Serves 6.
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Source: “The Five Roses Cookbook”
This post is flying off to Ivy @ Kopiaste for her Sweet Pie Event ,
& is also off to Ruth’s Bookmarked Event as I bookmarked it the minute I saw it. 
The pictures below are from my garden which is feeling good with the nip in the air.
I thought of you, Ivy, when I saw the flowers. The bug is happily chomping my precious chrysanthemum leaves for breakfast. He’s a well-fed fella, isn’t he? I didn’t have the heart to interrupt him!
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About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
26 Comments
Manggy
I’m sure Helene will be very honored! What a great way to celebrate fall (or whatever it is you and I get among the seasons, hahaha). Your garden is quite beautiful! Mr. Bug certainly seems to think so!
Arundathi
love love apple crisp and yours looks delicious! =)
Divya Kudua
No words to express the beauty of the crisp and your snaps sure make it even more tempting..btw-you feel the recipe is do-able,achievable..?I thought those feelings belonged to us,lesser mortals..lol!!
I made your vanilla cupcakes and this comment column wont be enough for me to rave about it.Do check out the post when you have time..!!
http://divyascookbook.blogspot.com/2008/10/vanilla-cupcakes.html
Bellini Valli
Appple crisp is something I even have occasionally for breakfast. It is one of the “perfect” fall foods!!
dwiana
During fall like now, anything “pies” always sound great for me. Every year routine to bake apple pie. I am jealous w/ your garden – here, they are all almost die. I shall wait for the next spring.
Núria
This is something I never tried before… well, not a strange thing… I’m not a desserts person, but I would love to try it ;D. I just sent Ivy my first ever Pie… can you imagine?
Have a great weekend Deeba!!!
nicisme
Oh yum – how perfectly in season!
Helene
Like Manggy is saying, I am very honored. What a great pleasure to see that someone makes your recipe and enjoys it.
This is really nice of you. Your pictures are gorgeous. You deserve to have a great week-end.
Ivy
Would you believe that I have never made a crumble and you mention so many other names which are new to me such as: Cobblers, Grunts, Brown Bettys, Pandowdies, and Crisps. Deeba why did you think of me seeing the flowers with the bug? Am I bugging you that much? 😉
Just kidding. Deeba, thanks very much for the lovely recipe.
Bharti
This is my favorite dessert. It was either this or rhubarb crumble for dessert when I was in the dorms in London. I used down my sorrows of being away from home in the heavenly crisp. The pictures look gorgeous.
Darius T. Williams
Here’s what I’m thinking…this is looking REALLY good!
-DTW
http://www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com
noble pig
There is nothing better than an apple crisp, this lloks delightful with the crunchy toppy!
nadia
apple crisp is my husbands favorite! i love th picture of your garden!
Purnima
Had baked your apple-almond simple cake, and now another simple one wt apples! Hmm! It sure looks delicious! You hv a lovely garden,captured its beauty so well!
Daziano
Hmmmmm, mouthwatering recipe!
Bunny
Isn’t wonderful that the simpliest desserts are the ones that makes us the happiest. This apple crisp does that for me! Thanks for stopping by and saying hello!
sunshinemom
What a delightful recipe this is. I am going on a short break tomorrow but I am trying this one when I am back!! It must be beautiful in Gurgaon – I really miss the North Indian Chill – my beautiful knitted wear are all going waste here! Why did I never think of using that little wooden spoon in any snap till I saw yours – it looks cute:) Thank you for the delish entry!!
Bharti
Deeba: Spelt is a flour not unlike wheat. It’s sold as a health food here because although it has gluten it’s tolerated well by people who can’t eat wheat due to allergies. From what I gathered on the web, it isn’t currently available in India 🙁
carol
We just made a trip to the orchard for apples yesterday so I have a good bunch to find homes for…this apple crisp looks like a good place for some of them! YUM!!!
Liz
I came across your blog by accident and imagine my surprise when I saw my favorite American desert posted on an Indian blog. So, of course, I am going to make the Crisp today, but I am also going to check out all your Indian recipes. I so miss my aunty’s cooking.
Ivy
Deeba, I made the crisp today and there’s non left. They loved it. Thanks darling for sharing this with us.
Aparna
I saw this at Helene’s and now its here. I know what you mean when you say that about apples. 🙂
Cooking and the City
Oh my your apple crisp looks gorgeous! (we call it crumble in Aus, but so good either way) love the pictures from your garden too 🙂
Gloria
Deeba This is wonderful!xxGloria
Rosie
Oh yum Deeba a divine apple crisp mmmmmm….
Rosie x
Jeanne
I do love making crisps – the best thing is that you can make them with practically any fruit you have lying around, and the rest of the ingredients are store cupboard essentials that you always have on hand. What could be simpler – or more delicious?