Crock Pot Apple Crisp is a comforting fall dessert, made with Granny Smith apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, and brown sugar. It’s warm and cozy, and will make your whole house smell like fresh apples and cinnamon.
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Why this Crock Pot Apple Crisp Recipe is a Keeper
This warm cinnamon crisp with an apple filling is one of our favorite slow cooker recipes. The cinnamon apples are soft and cooked to perfection, with a crisp topping of oats, cinnamon, and sugar. Serve the apple crisp with vanilla ice cream, or even enjoy it for breakfast the next day. Here are a few reasons why you’ll want to try this slow-cooker apple crisp with a crumble topping:
- Easy Ingredients: All of the ingredients in this slow cooker apple crisp can be found in your kitchen or local grocery store. Or go apple picking!
- Family Favorite: This crock pot apple cobbler is a nostalgic dessert the whole family will enjoy.
- Delicious Flavor: The spices in this crock pot apple crumble give it an exceptional taste, making it suited to holiday gatherings and special occasions. Everyone will love apple crisp done in the crock pot.
What is the Best Type of Apple to Use for Apple Crisp?
This slow cooker apple crisp recipe uses Granny Smith apples. While you can use any type of apple for this recipe, Granny Smith apple slices are recommended because their texture holds up well when cooked. They have a tart flavor, which is complemented well by the spices in this recipe.
Ingredient Notes for Easy Crockpot Apple Crisp
- Granny Smith Apples: Peel and slice the apples before making this dessert. You can also give this recipe a try with McIntosh apples or honey crisp to make the apple filling.
- Sugar: Use white granulated sugar for the apple filling.
- Cinnamon: Use some cinnamon to flavor the apples, and some for the topping.
- Oats: Top the apple crisp with old fashioned oats or instant oats.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Prep Ahead Suggestions for this Crockpot Dessert
- Apples: Peel and slice the apples ahead of time.
- Reheat: Make this dessert ahead of time, keep it in the slow cooker, and reheat on low.
Special Equipment Needed for Crockpot Apple Crisp
- Slow Cooker: This delicious dessert is made easy with a crock pot or slow cooker. After you assemble the apple crisp, let it cook for four hours; different slow cookers may take longer, so you may need to cook on low for 6-8 hours until the apples are cooked if you have a large slow cooker. You don’t want to cook on high; make this slow cooker apple crisp low and slow.
Pro Tip for this Slow Cooker Apple Crisp
For the best flavor and texture, combine a variety of apples with different sweetness and tartness. This will create a more complex and delicious apple crisp.
How to Make Apple Crisp
This easy slow cooker dessert with ingredients like crisp apples and spices will make your whole house smell amazing! If you want to try this recipe, just follow the steps below.
These are the basic steps to make this recipe. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Make Apple Pie Filling
Remove the top of the slow cooker. Spray the bottom of the crock pot with nonstick cooking spray, then lay the apples out in an even layer inside the crock pot. Mix filling ingredients together – sugar, flour, nutmeg, ground cinnamon, and salt.
2. Make the Topping
Mix together the oats, brown sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and butter – until coarse crumbs form. Spread the apple crisp topping ingredients on top of the apple mixture in an even layer. Place the lid on top, and cook for 4 hours on low. Once the apples are done, remove the lid and eat this crisp hot with a scoop of ice cream.
How to Store, Reheat and Use Leftovers
- Storing: Store leftover apple crisp in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Reheating: Reheat in the microwave for about 45 seconds.
- Using Leftovers: Leftover apple crisp will stay good at room temperature for up to 2 days.
Apple Recipe Variations and Substitutions to Make this Recipe
- Fruit: Add different fruits, such as cranberries or raisins.
- Sugar Substitute: For a sugar-free version, use a sugar alternative, like maple syrup.
Best Apple Crisp FAQs
Serve this recipe with apple pie bites, pumpkin spice sugar cookies, or cream cheese pumpkin pie.
No; they are not the same. Old fashion oats are rolled and steamed, giving them a firmer texture. Quick oats are cut smaller, giving them a softer texture and quicker cooking time.
You can use frozen apples, but fresh apples are best for their texture.
Expert Tips for Making Homemade Apple Crisp
- Add Nuts: Crushed pecans or walnuts add a satisfying crunch to the crisp.
- Top: Drizzle a little caramel sauce on top of your apple dessert.
- Kitchen Towel: Place a dish towel by the slow cooker to help soak up the condensation, as the slow cooker could be a fire hazard.
- Cake Mix: Use cake mix to make a dump cake with cinnamon and apples.
- Variation tip: Bake the slow cooker apple crumble in the oven if you wish.
- Fruit: Dried cherries, cranberries or raisins add a nice flavor.
- Apples: While slicing the apples, place in a large bowl with a little lemon juice to keep them from browning.
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Ingredients
FILLING
- 10 cups Granny Smith Apples, peeled and sliced
- ¼ cup Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Flour
TOPPING
- 1 cup Oats
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ½ cup Butter, melted
Instructions
- Spray the crock of your slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.
- Place the sliced apples in the crock.
- Add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and flour; stir to combine.
- To make the topping, mix all of the ingredients together until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- Spread topping on top of apples in an even layer.
- Set slow cooker to low and cook for four hours.
Christina’s Notes
- Add Nuts: Crushed pecans or walnuts add a satisfying crunch to the crisp.
- Top: Drizzle a little caramel sauce on top of your apple dessert.
- Kitchen Towel: Place a dish towel by the slow cooker to help soak up the condensation, as the slow cooker could be a fire hazard.
- Cake Mix: Use cake mix to make a dump cake with cinnamon and apples.
- Variation tip: Bake the slow cooker apple crumble in the oven if you wish.
- Fruit: Dried cherries, cranberries or raisins add a nice flavor.
- Apples: While slicing the apples, place in a large bowl with a little lemon juice to keep them from browning.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
I love that you can just throw this together and go about your day. The smell is amazing.
what kind of oats for this recipe you use, old fashioned rolled oats? Thanks!
I use old fashioned. I found they work best with this recipe.