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March 2009

Caramel-Apple Crisp

By Sarah Patterson ScottPhotography by Tom Schierlitz

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Tom Schierlitz

The one thing that could make your average apple crisp recipe better: caramel!

Recipe information

  • Yield

    8 to 10 Servings

Ingredients

topping

1

1/4 cups all purpose flour

10

tablespoons sugar

3

/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1

/4 teaspoon salt

1

/8 teaspoon ground allspice

1

/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

10

tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, diced

filling

1

/2 cup sugar

1

/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, diced

2

tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1

/2 teaspoon salt

6

Pippin or Golden Delicious apples (about 2 3/4 pounds), peeled, quartered, cored

Lightly sweetened whipped cream

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. topping

    Step 1

    Whisk first 6 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Add butter and rub in with fingertips until small moist clumps form. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.

  2. filling

    Step 2

    Preheat oven to 375°F. Stir sugar and butter in large skillet over medium heat until smooth sauce forms. Add lemon juice and cook, stirring, until caramel is deep brown, about 5 minutes. Mix in salt, then apples. Toss until apples are evenly coated, about 1 minute. Scrape apples and caramel into 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish; spread evenly. Sprinkle topping evenly over.

    Step 3

    Bake crisp until apples are tender, sauce is bubbling thickly, and topping is golden, about 50 minutes. Let crisp cool 15 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream.

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