Brown Butter Apple Crisp

This recipe for Brown Butter Apple Crisp is a delicious twist on the classic American recipe. This brown butter apple crisp is the perfect fall dessert!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apples, brown butter, easy, fall

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 45

Servings: servings

Calories: 429kcal

Author: Nicole Gaffney (ColeyCooks.com)

Ingredients

For the Filling

¼ cup brown sugar light or dark is fine
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon corn starch
6 large baking apples cored and sliced*

For the Topping

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats
¾ cup brown sugar light or dark is fine
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter

Instructions

To Make the Filling

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, salt, cinnamon and corn starch. Add the sliced apples and mix until fully coated.
In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt.
Place a 10-inch cast iron skillet or another deep, oven safe skillet over medium-high heat. Add the butter and let it melt until it begins to foam. Swirl the melted butter around the pan and keep a close eye on it until it starts to turn golden brown and smell nutty. Be careful not to let the butter burn.
Remove it from the heat and immediately pour the browned butter into the flour mixture, being sure to scrape in all of the browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
Mix together until the butter is fully incorporated and starts to form clumps. Sprinkle over the apples and spread it out until evenly coated.
Bake for about 30 minutes, or until the top has nicely browned and the filling is bubbling. Serve warm, preferably with vanilla ice cream.

Notes

*Good apples to use are Rome, granny smith, honey crisp or pink lady. You can peel them if you like, but I leave the skin on.

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