Grandma Marie’s Apple Crisp

This is my grandma’s apple crisp recipe.  It is simple, delicious, and nostalgic of my childhood. When I studied abroad in Cambridge, England, I cooked dinner for my 20 classmates and had a lineup of this apple crisp in the kitchen for dessert.

I am not sure I have ever peeled so many apples, but it was a comforting dessert for all of us away from home. I like to serve warm with vanilla ice cream for the perfect autumnal dessert.

Grandma Marie’s Apple Crisp

Ingredients

6 medium apples peeled, cored, and chopped (1 inch pieces)

½ cup sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

pinch of nutmeg

1 cup flour

½ cup cold unsalted butter

½ cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place apples in a buttered pie dish. In a small bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg with ½ cup of water. Pour the mixture evenly over the apples. In a medium bowl add the flour, butter, and brown sugar. Using a pastry blender, mix until butter is broken up into small pieces and the mixture is crumbly. Add the mixture on top of the apples and press down to form a crust. Bake for one hour until browned and bubbly.

Serves 6-8

*Use good quality apples for this recipe, not red delicious! Some of my favorites are Honey Crisp, Gala, Pink Lady, Braeburn, Fuji, and McIntosh.

If you don’t have a pastry blender, you can blitz the flour mixture in a food processor. The butter should be in pea size pieces.

Also, if you want to see more dessert recipes like this, check out my Lavender Honey Ice Cream or these Molasses Cookies.

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