Apple Walnut Crisp came about as I had a craving for something cinnamon’y that was sweet and had lots of apples and walnuts. It didn’t take a lot of time to put together, but the results were wonderful. Brown sugar and butter over finely sliced apples mixed with walnuts and topped with a brown sugar and butter crumble. A perfect apple dessert.
Ingredients
Topping
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chilled butter cut into 1/2" pieces
- 1 cup whole walnuts
- pinch of kosher salt
Filling
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp grated lemon peel
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 4 large apples peeled, sliced
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients before starting the recipe.
Topping
- Combine flour, brown sugar and cinnamon in a small mixing bowl and mix until well blended.
- Add butter and rub with your fingertips until the mixture holds together.
- Add walnuts and combine with butter flour mixture.
- Cover and chill until ready to use.
Filling
- Pre heat oven to 350°F
- Butter 8"x8" baking dish
- Combine first 5 ingredients in a large mixing bowl, whisk to blend well.
- Peel apples, core and slice into this slices. Add vanilla and almond extract, toss to mix with apples.
- Add dry ingredients to apples and toss to cover all of the apples.
- Layer apples in the prepared dish and sprinkle apples with topping.
- Bake at 350°F for about an hour or until the top is crisp and golden.
Serving
- Cool for about 10 minutes, then serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
