Caramel Apple Crisp

Name: Caramel Apple Crisp
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons pure almond extract (optional); 118 milliliters sliced almonds; 59 milliliters unsweetened apple juice; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 158 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces; 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 2 kilograms baking apples such as Golden Delicious, Gala, or Crispin (about 7 large), peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch-thick slices

Caramel Apple Crisp might be just the dessert you are searching for. This vegetarian recipe serves 8. One serving contains 215 calories, 4g of protein, and 9g of fat. If you have almond extract, flour, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is perfect for Halloween. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle. Butter baking dish

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Butter

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Baking Pan

Oven

Pulse together flour, sugar, butter, salt, and extracts in a food processor until some large clumps form.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Food Processor

Set aside 1/4 cup for filling and transfer remaining topping to a bowl. Stir in almonds.

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Almonds

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Bowl

Cook sugar in a dry 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until sugar is melted into a deep-golden caramel.

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Caramel

Sugar

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Wooden Spoon

Sauce Pan

Remove from heat and carefully add apple juice, butter, and salt (caramel will harden and steam vigorously). Cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until caramel is dissolved.

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Apple Juice

Caramel

Butter

Salt

Put apples in a large bowl and toss with reserved topping mixture and caramel, then spread in baking dish. (Dish will be very full.)

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Caramel

Apple

Spread

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Baking Pan

Bowl

Scatter clumps of topping over apples, squeezing small handfuls of topping into clumps when necessary.

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Apple

Bake until apples are tender and top is golden and crisp, about 1 hour. Cool to warm or room temperature.

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Apple

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Oven

•Topping can be made 2 days ahead and kept chilled, covered.•Crisp is best eaten the day it is made, but any leftovers can be chilled, covered. The topping will get soggy, but you can rewarm the crisp in a 350°F oven.

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Oven