-Feel free to double the topping recipe. It can be refrigerated for up to one week or frozen for several months and is great to have on hand for making another crisp later in the summer, or even in the fall with apples or pears.
In France, crumbles are popular, which I think is a name borrowed from our British neighbors. Whether you call them crisps or crumbles, they\u2019re a great dessert to make when summer fruits are at their peak, as apricots and cherries are right now.
I served this one with Fresh Ginger Ice Cream from The Perfect Scoop, but white chocolate-ginger, vanilla, or cinnamon ice cream are also good supporting candidates here. (Don\u2019t tell, but without the ice cream, leftover fruit crisp makes a nice morning treat for breakfast too.)
You\u2019ll need to buy around 3 pounds (1,3kg) of fruit to make this. Apricots are ripe when they are soft to the touch, not rock hard. Depending on the variety, some apricots are more tart than others and will take more time to bake. The best way to check for doneness is to insert a paring knife into the center of the crisp; if the knife slides in and meets no resistance, it\u2019s done.
The filling will bubble up a bit as it bakes, although apricot juices tend not to bubble as high, or as actively, as juice from peaches and nectarines. So you want to make sure your baking dish has high enough sides so there\u2019s some extra room for bubbling juices. No matter what fruit you use, you probably want to bake the crisp on a baking sheet lined with foil to catch any drips and spills. I shared a few other notes, tips, and FAQs after the recipe.
In a 2- to 2 1/2 quart (2-2,5l) baking dish with relatively high sides (I used this one, not an ad \u2014 but I have baked crisps using these proportions in 2-quart (2l) dishes, and they work out fine, just make sure the sides are high enough to contain the fruit with room to spare for bubbling fruit juices) mix the quartered apricots and cherries with the sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, and kirsch or almond extract, if using.
-Another nut can be swapped out for the almonds. I\u2019ve not tried this with any other substitutes, but you can find nut-free and gluten-free crisp topping recipes online by searching \u201Cnut free crisp topping\u201D and \u201Cgluten free crisp topping.\u201D
But Ann, the generous lady at Fidget who was kind enough to share this recipe with me, has had oodles of success. She wooed her husband with this very recipe and still has requests for the apple crisp from Mr. Fidget six years later. It works!
This buttery bourbon cherry crisp combines sweet bourbon infused dark cherries with brown sugar cinnamon oatmeal streusel. Toasted almonds add a little crunch while vanilla ice cream adds a lovely contrast to the warm cherry filling.
Hi Sally, very excited to make this crisp.
Would you have any rein incorporating some fresh rhubarb? I picked up beautiful dark sweet cherries and have some fresh rhubarb. Hoping to make this in the next few days. Thank you. Clo
The best apple crisps are made with a mixture of tart and sweet apples with a crisp texture. This mixture yields the perfect blend of flavors and prevents the crisp from being one-note and too sweet. Skip to the Tips section for apple variety recommendations.
The main difference between an apple crisp and an apple crumble is the oats (at least according to some sources). Here, the oats add a delightful crispy and crunchy texture, compared to a softer apple crumble which skips the oats.
Just like in a chocolate chip cookie or brownie recipe, vanilla extract and salt enhance the flavor of the apple crisp significantly. Desserts often taste flat without this duo. Salt is especially important here as it prevents the apple crisp from tasting cloyingly sweet.
This classic apple crisp has been in the family for years. There are some recipes my mom would make starting at Thanksgiving and ending sometime in the new year, and this apple crisp and corn soufflé are definitely two of them. This is easily my favorite holiday dessert, especially served with a giant scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. The streusel topping is out of this world and it's hard to control myself - because given the opportunity, I'd eat nothing but the streusel bits with ice cream.
If you are looking for a fall cake, my cinnamon apple cake captures this recipe's essence in cake form. But, it will come as no surprise to those of you who frequent my website, that I consider THIS to be a game changing recipe! It's the apple crisp to end all apple crisps! You'll absolutely love it!
Made this a week ago and WOW WOW WOW. Crowd pleaser!
Already making it again this weekend for another dinner crowd. Everyone gushed. Also, couldn't be EASIER!
This will be *the* crisp recipe in this house, for eternity!
Between 2006 and 2008, a CRISP-DM 2.0 SIG was formed, and there were discussions about updating the CRISP-DM process model.[7] The current status of these efforts is not known. However, the original crisp-dm.org website cited in the reviews,[8][9] and the CRISP-DM 2.0 SIG website are both no longer active.[7]
My friend Whitney had a baby girl last week, so Wayne and I decided to drive over to Berkeley to pay a visit to the new arrival and enjoy a nice lunch. I didn't want to show up empty handed, so we decided to put the remainder of the plums from the last post to use in a rustic plum and peach crisp - with plenty of extra crisp, or crumble, or whatever you call the topping part. I suspect I'm like many of you in liking a high crisp to fruit ratio. When it comes down to it, I'm after a spoonful of oat-flecked crumbly crust, some deliciously warm and fragrant fruit, paired with a dollop of cold, creamy vanilla ice cream. I'm not sure it gets much better.
In my mind a good crisp recipe incorporates a few other considerations as well. First off, I don't like overcooked, un-textured fruit, so I keep my cooking time relatively short compared to other crumble or crisp recipes. Just enough to get my topping nice and golden.
I also scale back on the sugar a bit. A lot of crisps, cobblers, and crumbles (or pies for that matter) are overly sweet. I try to make my crisps just sweet enough - because when you pair an overly-sweet crisp or cobbler with a big scoop of sweet vanilla ice cream, it's a bit much.
The only time-intensive part of a recipe like this is cutting the fruit. I'm sure some of you will ask about using frozen fruit. While it isn't quite the same, I've used frozen fruit in crisps and cobblers on occasion with success. Someone also suggested cutting and freezing segments of my plum bounty for use later in the year - great idea.
A couple other notes about this recipe: In addition to being very sweet, most crisp/crumble/ cobbler-type toppings are big-time butter bombs - unnecessarily so. I tried to scale back a bit here without sacrificing taste or texture, and used yogurt to keep things moist. You can sweeten the fruit part to taste with whatever sweetener you prefer. Honey might work nicely with all peaches, etc.
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