Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Let's Make Cast Iron Skillet Apple Crisp

Welcome to Thinking Out Loud Thursday!  Today is the day I share something on my mind and invite you to link up and do the same.

Today, I'm sharing one of our favorite recipes again. So many of my friends are posting pictures of their apple-picking adventures, which always makes me think of this apple recipe! I absolutely love this time of year and the smell of freshly baked apples filling the house. If you're a fan of apples, you should definitely give this recipe a try!


Here's What You Need
Filling
6 medium apples (I used Granny Smith and Gala)
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt


Topping
1-1/4 cups old-fashioned oats
2 tablespoons flour
5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
Ground cinnamon to sprinkle on top


Here's What You Do
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

After washing the apples, peel and core them.  Cut them into bite-size pieces and add to a mixing bowl.

Put a 10" cast iron skillet on the stove and melt 3 tablespoons of butter in the skillet.  When the butter is melted, whisk in 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon and 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt.


Pour the butter mixture into the mixing bowl with the apples and toss until the apples are coated.

Return the apple mixture back into the skillet and turn the heat to medium.  While stirring, cook for about 5 minutes.  The apples will begin to soften.  Remove the skillet from the heat, keeping the apples inside.


Now it's time to make the topping.  Cut 5 tablespoons of butter into small pieces.  Mix the old-fashioned oats, flour, brown sugar, and salt together in a bowl.  Add the pieces of butter and mix until crumbly.  Feel free to use your hands to mix this up!

Spread the topping over the apples, sprinkle with cinnamon and place it in the oven.


Bake for 35-40 minutes.  The apples will be tender and the topping will have a nice crunch to it.

We served the apple crisp with a generous scoop of ice cream.  We used vanilla ice cream, but I was thinking it would also be scrumptious with a big scoop of cinnamon ice cream!  What a perfect fall dessert.  Hope you enjoy it as much as we need!


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5 comments:

  1. I love a nice apple crisp recipe! This sounds delicious!

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  2. That looks incredible! I love apple crisp.

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  3. What a great idea to make apple crisp in a cast iron skillet! Pinned!

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  4. Love the idea of a skillet, so easy to mix it all up and far less dishes to wash, and it looks delicious! Thanks for the link-up, Melynda @scratchmadefood!

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  5. Thanks, for hosting, Penny. With all the fresh apples, that skillet is awesome.
    My entries this week are numbered #56+57
    Hope you will join/share M-Sat at https://esmesalon.com/tag/seniorsalonpitstop/

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